With the health care debate raging in the House and Senate, some Swampland blog posters at Time.com have linked these tough decisions to the classic game theory problem called the Prisoner’s Dilemma.  It’s an interesting read about how complex problems can be boiled to a mathematical understanding…
You can read the thread at the Time.com website here, here and here…

This week’s Newsweek had a lot of interesting things that piqued my interest – here’s one regarding Sarah Palin…
In Jon Meacham’s article, he talks about Why Palin Matters to Obama – And To You.  Certainly Palin is a polarizing figure – there are a lot of people who love her and a lot of people that think she’s dangerous.  Meacham relates Palin’s following within the Republican party to that of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964.
But the part I found the most interesting were the numbers – at least poll …

So, I’m through Newsweek this weekend, and I run across a quote from Goucher College mathematician Robert Lewand, where he said:
“Somebody in the governor’s office was just having a little fun.”
What Dr. Lewand was describing was the result of a recent veto by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.  So, what could have brought this so much attention?
Well, it turns out that the statement accompanying Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto came with a subliminal, more obscene message.  Here’s what the actual statement said:

“For some time now I have lamented the fact that major issues are …