Archive for September, 2008
Former Rep. Mark Foley Off the Hook
Marci Hamilton The AP reported Friday that former Congressman Mark Foley, who was accused in 2006 of sending sexually suggestive email messages to underage congressional pages will not be prosecuted in part because Florida’s statute of limitations on such crimes is a mere 3 years. The vast majority of child victims do not come forward [...]
Darwin Letter Friday
September 19, 2008 As Darwin watches the preparation of the H.M.S. Beagle, he gets (understandably) excited. It also turns out that Captain FitzRoy was popular with the ladies. Darwin fears that he will get seasick on the voyage; it happens to everyone. Little did he know how bad it would be, and that raisins were [...]
The Martin Gardner Interview
Three years ago, Martin Gardner‘s good friend, MAA Editorial Director Don Albers, interviewed him at length about his childhood, the roots of his fascination with math, and about his career. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting the interview in chunks, because his story is absolutely fascinating. * * * On October 21, Martin [...]
Win a New Martin Gardner Book #3
Welcome back! Go to the current contest here >> The entries are really coming in. Thanks to everyone for entering! Also, check out the interview with Gardner that I’ll be posting over the next few weeks. Last week’s question asked how many planes, re-fueling in midair, are required for one circumnavigation, assuming that a full [...]
God and Time
What is God’s relation to space and time? Is there a way of reconciling theology and physics? John Polkinghorne Time is much more mysterious than space. We can move around or stand still at will, but no one can travel in time or arrest its inexorable flow. Or so it seems to us. Yet there [...]
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