Facts stolen from Newsweek, page 14 in its July 28 issue: Islamic mutual funds are doing much better than the investments of Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA).

Layfolks hoping to sound sophisticated often ask their statistician aquaintences the following buzz-question: "Are you a frequentist or a bayesian?" I have always been terrified by this question. As an imposter in the field of statistics, I am...

Introducing four new essential terms for the evolving US Mennonite ethnicity. I invented the term Mennonista to describe liberal activists of a Mennonite ethnicity. But wait, I didn't exactly invent the term; it was already in use. Mennocons are...