We’ve heard a lot about fake news. But also beware of fake logic. So let’s have a brief lesson in Latin and logic. In logic, a classic fallacy is known as post hoc ergo propter hoc. That Latin phrase, ...

Smart people know to avoid fallacies. One of them is known as the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc. It’s Latin for “after this, therefore because of this.” The classic example concerns the rooster ...