It could very well be Brewers against Dodgers for the NCLS this year. Not a prediction, I’m just saying both teams look promising, especially their starting pitchers. This will be the year of the starters, not the year of the… Continue Reading
Being good at math isn’t enough to make math useful. Blogbuddy bobvis points out that being good at math is, even if not inherently good, an important thing. But the real test in math is word problems – understanding how… Continue Reading
Yes, there are still Hillary Clinton supporters out there. It seems that most of the Democratic and Democratic-leaning blogs I read are pro-Obama in one way or another. But I got a little bit out of my usual rotation this… Continue Reading
The annual report from Citizens Against Government Waste identifies a total of not quite $17.2 billion dollars in unnecessary, unrequested Federal spending, attributing $10.2 billion of it to particular line items requested by individual legislators to benefit their own constituents.… Continue Reading
Amba asks: what luxuries would you not give up even if you had to live on a limited budget? Some, who have lived on truly limited budgets, would scoff at such a question – the answer, they would say, is… Continue Reading
To follow up on a current event I wrote about a few days ago, it seems that a lot of public pressure can sometimes change the way a big company thinks and acts. When every major news agency demonstrates to… Continue Reading
After finishing that book about ancient Alexandria, it occurred to me, for the second time, that a story about Hypatia would be both timely and interesting. The facts would need to be tweaked — most importantly, Hypatia herself would need… Continue Reading
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Also in today’s Fish Wrapper, you can read about the Supreme Court taking on a case in which local public officials have not bowed to the inevitable (as they did in Cumberland County, Tennessee) – Pleasant Grove City v. Summum.… Continue Reading
The Economist reports on recently-published polimetric research to the effect that Americans who self-identify as “conservative” also self-identify as “happy” more often than do those who self-identify as “liberal.” He attributes this to the fact that these people are more… Continue Reading