A brilliant prose stylist, confident, amiable, and wonderfully lucid when talking about other people’s problems, Updike ...

Discover the legacy of John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician behind the Nash Equilibrium and a key figure in game ...

People are a long-term investment After reading the Source’s article on “Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Program for Helping People Get Jobs After Prison” by Danielle Dawson and Wesley Vaughan on Dec. 23, ...

Dear Editor: The Republican “DNR Revenue Stream Refresh” wants to raise about $16 million a year by charging hikers $20 to walk in the woods. Here’s the real math: Simply obeying the law and leaving ...

It’s not surprising to read how incoming college freshman cant do basic math. Its been going on for years. America is in a science/technological race with China and we are more focused on worthless ...

Having stripped Medicaid and made health care far more expensive for the poor, the president just had to reveal his superior replacement idea for the American people. Trump recently stated he was not ...

Trump’s math doesn’t add up for U.S. taxpayers who are footing the bill for: tax cuts for the wealthiest; foreign country subsidies; unnecessary ballroom construction; frequent presidential golf trips ...

Regarding the Bloomberg guest editorial, “For too many kids, math isn’t adding up” (Nov. 20 print edition): Memorizing math rules does not always lead to understanding math problems. It may lead to ...

Dear Editor: A new bill is quietly being rushed through the Wisconsin state Assembly. The bill, AB 615, would require all K–8 public school students to take “numeracy screening assessments” at least ...

Re: “Checking our math” (Oct. 19, Opinion): Math is a tool. For example, it is the basis for understanding the turn of a screw, the force and angle demanded to hammer a nail, the measurement required ...

A teacher helps middle school students solve a math problem at a Friendship Public Charter School campus in Washington. (Jahi Chikwendiu / Washington Post via Getty Images) To the editor: The ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe wants to redraw the Missouri congressional maps to "put Missouri values first." ("Editorial: Kehoe, GOP are about to undermine Missouri’s democracy. Don’t call it ‘values.’" Sept. 3.) ...