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Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman is the founder of the Voice of Reason newsletter, the former executive editor of the Forward and the author of an ebook about Tears for Fears. He has a Ph.D. from Yale and writes about the dangers that lurk online, a wide variety of books, and the delights of whisky.

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DO THE MATH

How the Supreme Court Flunked a Math Test on Gerrymandering

Chief Justice Roberts claimed he couldn’t find a “limited and precise standard” for gerrymandering. As Jordan Ellenberg proves in “Shape,” the answer was right under his nose.

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