Monthly Archives: January 2017

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”   “This,” cried the Mayor, “is your town’s darkest hour! The time for all Whos who have blood that is red To come to the aid of their country!” he said. “We’ve … Continue reading →

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. – Proverbs 26:4 (NIV) Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. – Proverbs 26:5 … Continue reading →

I’m Bill Hooke, and the AMS changed my life. A bit of departure from the usual fare for these posts. The 97th annual AMS meeting is wrapping up here in Seattle. Exhibitors are breaking down their booths and displays. The … Continue reading →

“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Nate Silver[1] “The … Continue reading →

Ethics: that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. “Most people, when they … Continue reading →

Many words could have been applied to America’s four-year swearing-in ceremony for new presidents, observed once again tomorrow. Why this particular word? Hard to find any history peculiar to its choice here in the United States, but generically, we’re told … Continue reading →