A new downloadable booklet written by a teacher, "Fun with Numbers: Turn Children on to Math" (AnswerGirls $1) gives fun math shortcuts and magic tricks to amaze friends and teachers. This booklet is ...

Everyone is familiar with Mark Twain’s assessment of statistics: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Whether or not you agree with Twain (or Disraeli or Bill Clinton or ...

Last week I began a journey around the major leagues with a look at some numbers to ponder as you start to prepare for your fantasy baseball draft. The natural jumping off point for the discussion was ...

Thoughts, Ramblings, Useless information and Musings for Tuesday, May 29. Sorry, I would have been here sooner, but I couldn't decide which to ignore first: the ...