John Allen Paulos
Math prof, bestselling author (Innumeracy, Mathematician Reads Newspaper, etc. Recently: A Numerate Life amzn.to/1LIargm), columnist, speaker, ponderer.
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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest News
The acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters that the U.S. withheld military aid to force Ukraine to investigate corruption, which he said would include scrutinizing Democrats.
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies
The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”
John Allen Paulos
In other news, bears poop in the woods.
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Trump’s ‘China Muse’ Has an Imaginary Friend
Who is Ron Vara? He seems to exist only in the books of Peter Navarro.
Librarian by Fermat's Library
A Chrome extension to extract Bibtex and get direct links to references in arXiv papers
Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’
John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser, ordered an aide to report the machinations by the president’s personal attorney to a White House lawyer, House investigators were told.
The Definitive Glossary of Higher Mathematical Jargon
The most comprehensive glossary on the jargon of higher mathematics, featuring 106 terms from abstract nonsense to without loss of generality.
Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89
A prolific author, he contended that literary giants like Shakespeare, Chaucer and Kafka stood above writers admired by feminists, Marxists, “multiculturalists” and others.
Shep Smith Out At Fox News
The anchor was one of the network's first hires.
John Allen Paulos
Shepard Smith out at Fox! Too much integrity for them. I wonder if this had anything to do with AG Barr's visit with Rupert Murdoch? #Shep yahoo.com/huffpost/shep-… via @Yahoo
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House Impeachment Investigators to Question Ukraine Envoy
The expected interview on Capitol Hill of Marie L. Yovanovitch, who was recalled from Ukraine by the Trump administration, was itself remarkable because she remains a government employee
Luckily, Trump Is an Unstable Non-Genius
His mental deficiencies may save American democracy.
John Allen Paulos
Luckily, Trump Is an Unstable Non-Genius His mental deficiencies may save American democracy.
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DeVos Says Trump’s Forty-Per-Cent Approval Rating Means More Than Half of Country Supports Him
“To you critics out there who think you’re in the majority, I have some advice for you,” the Secretary of Education said. “Do the math.”
John Allen Paulos
DeVos Says Trump’s Forty-Per-Cent Approval Rating Means More Than Half of Country Supports Him
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Screen time: how much is too much?
A vast analysis tackles a defining question of the digital age.
Gordon Sondland, the ambassador at the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry, explained
The Trump administration told Sondland not to testify to congressional committees this week.
John Allen Paulos
Gordon Sondland, the ambassador at the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry, explained vox.com/2019/10/10/209… via @voxdotcom
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Man wins $8bn court case over breast growth
A US jury finds Johnson & Johnson guilty of negligence over an anti-psychotic drug.
GOP Lawmakers Watch Silently As Trump Strangles Each Of Their Loved Ones In Turn
WASHINGTON—Opting to take more of a wait-and-see approach instead of rushing to pass judgment, Republican lawmakers reportedly looked on in silence Tuesday as President Trump worked his way through each of their families and, one by one, strangled...
John Allen Paulos
GOP Lawmakers Watch Silently As Trump Strangles Each Of Their Loved Ones In Turn
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r/MapPorn - The Roman empire from its early beginnings with the kingdom and the republic till the fall of the byzantine empire
9,101 votes and 485 comments so far on Reddit
Witness in Trump-Ukraine Matter Ordered Not to Speak in Impeachment Inquiry
The decision to block Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, was made hours before he was scheduled to speak to House Democrats.
John Allen Paulos
Sondland "had no choice but to comply with the administration’s direction." Of course, he could quit. He's a multi-millionaire (at least), who donated $1 million to the Trump campaign, so he could surely afford to quit.
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The Politics, Rivalries, and Sweet Science Behind the Nobel Prize Decisions
The Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro, who the Nobel committee called a "master of the contemporary short story." Last year,...