One day, I got frustrated at a math problem that I should have known how to do. Instead of figuring out how to do it, I wrote this to vent frustration. Then I solved the problem.   Pre Algebra Welcome to Pre Algebra. We’re going to let “x” be any number, and you have to figure out what it is. It could be anything from 1.3512982 (my GPA) to 450 (my SAT score) or anything between...

In 2006, the tweet was devised by Twitter’s founder, Jack Dorsey, as a way for friends to keep tabs on each other using brief status updates—like public text messages. Since then, it has become a staple of modern communication. Though we continue to use Twitter as Dorsey first intended, it has also expanded, filling roles far beyond the scope of its original purpose. Tweeting has enabled the discov...

(Note from the editor: This was written before the election) Depending on which polls you believe, it looks as though Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is either going to cruise to victory on election day or squeak past Republican nominee Donald Trump with a narrow margin. So, what happens to Trump when the former reality TV host loses his presidential bid? Will he just go back to pl...

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Strict gun laws are ineffective for stopping crime and nearly impossible to maintain. This becomes quickly evident if you study places that have banned firearms and compare crime statistics before and after gun bans.. In the U.K., for example, a 1997 law banning concealable firearms was met by a 77% increase in violent crime, and a 50% increase in homicide (see figure 1). Homicide rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000. There was a 13% increase in assaults with a knife. In 1996, Australia banned all shotguns, semi-automatic, and fully automatic rifles. Armed robberies increased by 69%, non-lethal gun violence by 28%, and gun homicide went up 19%. On the other hand, in Kennesaw, Georgia, a 19...