I’d like to begin with a little introduction. Before I went to law school, I was a graduate student trying to earning my PhD in Public Health from one of the world’s premiere institutions for epidemiology — UAB, in a joint program with the University of Alabama. After completing my coursework, and passing my comps, it became time to focus on a dissertation topic and complete that dread project. But, saddled with a small child and perma-poverty, I left graduate training to take a job. Baby gotta’ eat.
I love data. I am an empiricist by heart. And I am skeptic of bold claims backed up by little more than feels, hunches, political wish-thinking, self-interest, and hot takes.