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Math Against Tyranny — Understanding the Electoral College

October 17, 2008

“Experts, scholars, deep thinkers could make errors on electoral reform,” Alan Natapoff decided, “but nine-year-olds could explain to a Martian why the Yankees lost in 1960, and why it was right. And both have the same underlying abstract principle.”

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Tagged With: Alan Natapoff, Baseball, Electoral College, Math, Politics, Sports, World Series
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The Good Book at the Olympic Games

August 14, 2008

Because cultural and academic leaders in China are seeking to understand the influence of the Bible on the worldview and culture of the West, there is a growing interest in Chinese-English bilingual Bibles in mainland China…”What a wonderful thing it would be if thousands of people would learn English?and Chinese!?by reading the Bible in side-by-side bilingual editions.?

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Tagged With: Bible, Body, Byron Borger, China, Culture, Language, Olympic Games, Religion, Social Justice, Sports, Translation
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Shakespeare Covers the Superbowl

February 3, 2008

Will “the dauntless Brady” meet his match in Eli “yet more Manning than man?” The Bard’s Play, from NPR.

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Tagged With: Margin Notes, Shakespeare, Sports, Theater
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