Here's a counter-sliding game I came up with a while back, while visiting my parents. My parents have these small flags of various cou...

I'm sure this is an old puzzle somewhere in the world, but it came upon us a few years ago here at work in connection with driving to lu...

This past weekend's Super Bowl XLVI (that's forty-six) provided yet another confluence of probability, tactics, and sports.  That...

I've previously written about the importance of context in statistical analysis, though only as a prelude to saying something about gam...

One of my favorite problems in all of recreational mathematics is the so-called secretary problem .  In this problem, you are interviewing...

There may not be many of you out there who remember high-school geometry fondly, but those of you who do probably share my appreciation for ...

This man has no gut.