Mathematical Politics

In the recent GOP primary in my state there was, once again, a statewide contest in which I had to choose between two weak candidates. One c...

After days of fuming over Justice Roberts's egregious Obama Care decision, I shocked myself this morning by finding grounds on which to ...

The school year is back in full swing, and my colleagues continue to educate me on the finer points of liberal economics. Last week, a conve...

As a mathematician who has never taken a course in political science, I am occasionally impressed by the shallowness of my understanding of...

I have now been involved in my local Republican party long enough to have attended my second state convention. Before each one, I have ask...

In recent months the direction of the conservative attack on the nation's universities has shifted its focus. For decades we have heard...

Most people are, I hope, familiar with the incredible universality of mathematics. At the most primitive level, they learn this in first gr...