Say hello to Occam’s kazoo: the principle that the most plausible explanation, so far as Mr. Trump is involved, is invariably the stupidest. To understand his motives in any given situation, pick the ...

A problem-solving principle stating that, when presented with competing hypotheses, the one with the fewer assumptions or entities (the ...

Occam’s Bazooka can be benign or perversely entertaining. At other times, it can be dangerous. Steve Witkoff met with Vladimir Putin this week, and the latter intoned that Russia is ready to go to war ...