Pearl is referring to vos Savant's second explanation, in response to initial criticisms. Her first, which is the one that sold me instantly (after being confused by others that fit Pearl's discussion quite well), was, in entirety: "Suppose there are a million doors, and you pick door #1. Then the host, who knows what’s behind the doors and will always avoid the one with the prize, opens them all except door #777,777. You’d switch to that door pretty fast, wouldn’t you?."

Indeed. "When I contacted the two economists whose opinions differed, they said that their answers were an error, and that they actually disagreed with the claim." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/4/15536394/american-economists-trump-tax-plan

Front pages are always built by Ferengi.

I presume a "marginal wax rate" refers to a bikini wax being most severe at the edges.

It would be a shame not to settle on "the alt-white".

Taj Mahal workers have been on strike for a month. The evil of unionization has destroyed the Taj Mahal. Obviously.

If you rank countries by rate of college enrollment, the U.S. is #1. If you rank countries by rate of college graduation, we’re not even in the top 10. This gap... That's not a gap. That's a corollary.