The Harper's Index always contains jaw-dropping information. In the lastest issue, there is this gem: The chance that a member of the New York Army National Guard was in Iraq in June was 1 in 4; the chance that a member of the Texas Guard was there was 1 in 31.

Did the Texans all die early in the war? When they heard "Mission Accomplished," did they just get on planes and fly back to Texas and no one noticed? Are Texans such bad solders that no one wanted to send them to fight? Are New Yorkers lining up to go to Iraq? Is this type of mathematical gap a wild coincidence? Is my eyesight really bad? Or could it be something else?