Math is often thought of as a subject like music, as a pursuit of beauty in a medium of infinite possible structures and refinements. Part is related to part and somehow it all makes its own kind of sense.

Math can also be thought of as a pragmatic venture, in which solutions to problems find application to real life problems, to other academic fields like physics, or to other fields of math.

We make it our business to promote math and math appreciation.

Math is normally considered part of the science curriculum. So, one more topic may deserve more attention than all the rest:

There has been some discussion lately about whether America is the world's Only Superpower or whether God Almighty is the world's Only Superpower. Certainly, Science has never been and never will be the world's Only Superpower. Although academic folks will normally shy away from discussing this, some opinions are available.

This was a very important Pope who recently died, and we are sure to miss him. Who can imagine somebody taking his place? Yet with God, all things are possible. In case you feel that science can take the place of God, you especially should read this short excerpt of something the Pope wrote in 1981. Perhaps his statement about state control is particularly Catholic, but no preacher of any faith can be expected to call science the ultimate knowledge or wisdom. And who can deny that the past, present, and future of science is part of and lesser than that of society? Yet some people, even some educators, act as though the fate of society depends on and is therefore lesser than the fate of science.

Just prior to 1980, Pope John Paul II and Billy Graham both went behind the Iron Curtain and preached the Gospel. So, if a tree falls in a forest and nobody sees it, did it really fall? And if a voice cries in the wilderness, was anything meaningful truly said? In the state enforced atheism of the Soviets, these two could indeed be considered as voices crying in a wilderness, yet their efforts might well have been the spiritual D-Day that brought about the end of the Soviet Regime.

The frontiers of civilization can be thought of as the most fertile ground for evangelism, and for this reason America has for a couple of centuries been the natural home to ideas on science and progress like Graham's. Such preachings do indeed make one think twice about how sure to be about what is good or bad for society, and bring some more carefully thought out plans to the table for discussion. And it would also seem rational and reasonable that even the most fertile soil needs to be plowed and churned up before the next crop of good ideas, laws, and institutions, can be sown.

But even in America, can lawmakers promote science merely by throwing money around? Surely, if the taxpayers' millions are needed to keep the ship of science afloat, it is already taking on water. So now, for something more ambitious and speculative, also try reading Professor Jethro's outrageous summary of all recorded history, past and future! This, like the preceeding statements, may arouse professional pride and indignation from many who feel that their elite calling has been unjustly brought into question. But science is a blessing to the scientist only if he can maintain a fairly humble and unclosed mind.