Something interesting in the New York Times.

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Someone subjected the Supreme Court to a mathematical analysis here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/science/24MATH.html?pagewanted=1

I saw the name of "Dr. Lawrence Sirovich" and scratched my head for a moment - and then it hit me that it referred to Larry Sirovich, colleague of my father's for the last twenty years or more.

I think you've got to be registered to read the article, and have a Ph.D. in arcane mathematics to understand it. But it's interesting seeing the name of someone you know in the paper.