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A pregnant daughter, a state trooper firing, and the "bridge to nowhere" which she may or may not have supported (I'm not sure how that one goes). Sarah Palin has shrugged off scandals that would threaten to bring other politicians a lot of grief.
Update: This is last week’s puzzle, click here for this week’s puzzle! It’s that time again! I’ve got another problem from Martin Gardner’s Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma...
For the most part, they’re nonprofits. So can universities demonstrate their benefit to society? A New York Times article yesterday reported on a meeting between university presidents and two members...
September 8, 2008 Wow, lots of good video lately. Earlier, we had one of our authors on CNN, questing for the real Ithaca. Now, After Bush author Tim Lynch has appeared on C-SPAN‘s Afterwords. He...
The Odysseus Unbound saga continues Where is the Ithaca of Homer, home to Odysseus? This has been a point of contention, since today’s Ithaki bears little resemblance to Homer’s description...
September 5, 2008 What do you pack for a journey around the world? Well, if the year is 1831, guns. Lots of them. Charles Darwin wrote his sister Susan 177 years ago tomorrow with a packing list for the...
Salman Rushdie. Noam Chomsky. That guy from “Stuff White People Like.” And now Future Imperfect author David Friedman has journeyed to Mountain View, California to appear on Authors@Google. It’s...
Thank you, CBS News. On their Political Animal blog, find the whole run-down of contradictions in last night's speech.
Marci Hamilton has fought for the abolishment of statutes of limitations [SOL] pertaining to childhood sexual abuse. The SOLs limit the time that the abused have to take an abuser to court. They usually...
Contest #1 Update: This is week #1’s puzzle. Click here for the current one! We’re giving away copies of the first two editions of Martin Gardner’s New Mathematical Library for the next...
Author David D. Friedman isn't impressed with a lot of what gets slung around. He's also someone, thankfully, with a nuanced look at both candidates. For him, both the critics of Palin and the adoration of Obama need to be deflated.
Daddy! I wanna go on the boat! The fateful decision is made September 1: Charles Darwin will indeed sail on the Beagle. Here’s some back-and-forth between Charles, his father, and Francis Beaufort,...
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