Lauryn Gilroy and Anne Whiting: These two have been pestering me for years to write a column about them. So my last piece for the FreeP seems as good a time as any, I suppose. But what’s so special about...

There’s a theorem that has yet to fail me in life. Or rather, it has yet to fail me since I realized its existence all those semesters ago when I was just a young, impressionable freshman living in the...

I’ve never quite understood the phrase, “misery loves company.” I’ve said it for years, relying on the idiom for poignancy and humor when need be, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever believed it. Does...