Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press) Sup
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Justice Thomas delays disclosures after reports of travel, property sale (Ann E. Marimow & Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Supreme
Author: Paul J. Nahin For centuries, mathematicians the world over have tried, and failed, to solve the zeta-3 problem. Math genius Leonhard Euler attempted it in the 1700s and came up short. The straightforward puzzle considers if there exists a simple symbolic formula for the following: 1+(1/2)^3+(1/3)^3+(1/4)^3+ . But why is this issue — the sum of the reciprocals of the positive integers cubed—so important? With “In Pursuit of Zeta-3,” popular math writer Paul Nahin investigates the history...
In Hartford, there’s a literary group working to bring people together in discussion and understanding through books by and about people of color. The program is called Hartford Reads In Color. It’s a program made possible by a partnership between Hartford’s L.I.T. and the Hartford Public Library. Nzima Hutchings is the founder of Hartford’s L.I.T. The L.I.T. stands for Literary Integrated Trailblazers. Her work is all about amplifying the diversity of the greater Hartford area, from...
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: New Supreme Court financial reports set for release amid increased ethics scrutiny (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Disney-DeSantis Feud Recusal a
You don’t have to be a reader to be successful in this world, but it helps. It also helps if your parents read to you as a child. I saw where Bill Gates is reading a Richard Scarry’s book “I am a Bunny”, which is what I read to my children in the 80’s. More […]
The Three Rs: Reading, Writing, And Reparations? Authored by Jonathan Turley, The 1619 Project Education Network, in conjunction with the Pulitzer Center, have released a new curriculum for high school students that will convert some math classes into a discussion of reparations and racial justice. Students will be asked to work out the math on the payment for past years of slavery and racial discrimination. A 2020 report found that prior 1619 Project curriculum proposals have...
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Here are the major Supreme Court decisions we're still waiting for this term (The Washington Desk, NPR) U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court will hear attempt to trademark ‘Trump Too Small’ (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Supreme Court’s conservative majority to
LUNENBURG — The Lunenburg Public Library is excited to kick off its Summer Reading Program with an amazing presentation all about owls.
All the TV shows we’ve lost in 2023, including The Winchesters, Red Table Talk, and Gossip Girl.