Teach the Math People Really Use: Probability and Statistics

Ever use that algebra and calculus you learned in high school? Most people don’t, I’ll bet. But every day we make decisions or encounter information involving odds and numerical evidence. Play poker? Buy a lottery ticket? Decide to fly or drive? Read a story about how married people live longer? Or how a drug cuts the risk of a rare Read More …

Homeland Heroes Day

We have days for honoring military heroes, but why not a holiday to honor other people who risked their lives to protect and save their fellow man? Police. Fire fighters. Transplant donors. Rescuers from accidents and disasters. Extend gratitude to doctors, teachers, parents, too. If as a society we’re not going to pay these people as well Read More …

Thesaurusapedia

Or would it be a Wikisaurus? Ever use a Roget’s thesaurus? It’s fine if you want fine language and literary reference. Look up enormous and you’ll find colossal, immense and Brobdinagian. But you’ll find few fun, pop culture options, no gigundo, no Burger King ginormous. It’d be great if folks could add their own suggestions, Read More …