People are like Donuts

People are like donuts--topologically, that is.   My daughters and I explored this strange statement with a clay figure modeled around a pen (and then I pulled the pen out).   What is topology? Topology (Greek topos, "place," and logos, "study") is the branch of mathematics that studies the properties of a…

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Bedrock conservatives decry McCain-Palin

Today's news is that Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Rather than being an unusual event, Powell's endorsement of Obama is simply the continuation of a trend:  Conservatives endorsing Barack Obama. George Will wrote; “Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie…

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