The Debate Link

Last night, I had a math problem. Sort of. Not really. I'm not saying it's a hard math problem, or an interesting math problem. It m...

Surely by now you've seen the stories about GOP congressmen , in deep red districts, being absolutely swarmed by angry constituents furi...

California is in the process of updating its statewide framework for Mathematics education , and unsurprisingly there is controversy -- cont...

Last we encountered the "Alliance for Constructive Ethnic Studies" (ACES), they were pushing fabricated evidence and wild screeds ...

The below feels like one of those math puzzles, though I don't actually know enough about math puzzles to know if it really is one. It i...

Many of you are familiar with the saying "If you're one in a million, there are a thousand people just like you in China alone....

Our apartment's water heater is being replaced tomorrow. That means my one true joy in life -- long, languid, hot showers -- will also h...

13% of American Muslims voted for Donald Trump . That's a minuscule proportion. It is around half the proportion that Hillary Clinton ...

Tom Perkins (whom you may remember for suggesting that the rich were at risk of being victims of Nazi-style genocide) suggests that we appor...

I love it when newspapers issue "clarifications" regarding statements that were actually just flagrantly false. Here's USA Tod...

'Cause that would be cliched. * * * Pennsylvania Superior Court overturns a slew of anti-gay child custody decisions from the 1980s. In...

Carleton has a nearly legendary reputation for the relative gender-balance in our math and science programs. Our active, tenure or tenure-tr...