Since I didn’t have any grading this time, and since Republicans are harder to listen to than Democrats (and remember, I used to spend hours at a time listening to Creationists), I couldn’t bring myself to watch the entirety of the recent Republican debate. I kept flipping back and forth between it and game two of the World Series (which, as a Mets...

If you spend any time talking to ID folks, you know that they are very touchy about being called creationists. As they see it, the creationists have been so incompetent in making their case, and so extreme in their religious views, that they discredit the cause of anti-evolutionism every time they open their mouths. For this reason, they are endlessly...

The latest Problem of the Week has now been posted. This one (and next week’s as well) involve calculus. Fun!

I have something a little different for you this week. Normally I show you composed positions in my Sunday Chess Problem posts. But this week I’d like to show you two shocking moves that occurred in actual games. The first comes from another of Aviv Friedman’s videos. He did not mention the players in the following position, but he did mention that...

I’m heading off to Minnesota for the weekend. Bemidji, Minnesota, to be exact. I’m giving one of the invited talks at the big MAA Section Meeting they’re having at Bemidji State University. Should be fun! Looks like I’m picking the right weekend to get out of town. It’s going to be a zoo around here!

After taking last week off, Problem of the Week makes a triumphant return. Problem Six has now been posted. Enjoy!