Matthew Joseph Flynn – 50th Reunion Essay
Matthew Joseph Flynn College: Ezra Stiles
Comic Relief In Two Political Adventure Novels
As we take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them, we also have to laugh occasionally at our current political scene. I’ve done this by publishing two satirical novels about contemporary politics, PRYME KNUMBER, and a sequel, BERNIE WEBER AND THE RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS. They are set in Washington, Milwaukee, and Yale. Some of our classmates appear as characters.
In both novels, Bernie Weber, a young, Milwaukee-based math genius of humble background, is chased by villains trying to force him to reveal his solutions to two unsolved problems in Mathematics, which could be used fo …
Notes From The Political Front
When someone decides to run for Governor of Wisconsin almost fifty years after graduating from college, a decent respect to the opinions of my friends requires that I explain my motivation. Many of my classmates were generous in supporting my candidacy, and I thank all of you for that. I had served as Chairman of…