A Warmonger’s Guide to the Universe (Why They Really Oppose the Iran Treaty)
Read MoreOpponents of the Iran nuclear deal are the same fanatics who gave us two pointless wars and $3 trillion of national debt.
Watching the First Republican Debate….for All the Wrong Reasons
Read MoreMost of those who tune into this Thursday night’s first-of-many Republican presidential political bonfires debates will do so for all the wrong reasons.
Bringing It All Back Home: Reflections of BARGE 2015
Jennifer Shahade, a two-time United States Women’s Chess Champion, and now the winner of BARGE XXV
Read MoreThis past week, I attended BARGE 2015, held in Las Vegas.
B.A.R.G.E. is actually an acronym meaning “Big August Recreational Gambling Excursion,” a name sounding a bit pompous and pretty like a weekend gambling junket, which I’m told is precisely what it once was when it first began 25 years ago.
An Amazing Learning Experience at TAM 2015 (“The Amazing Meeting”)
James Randi, a.k.a. “The Amazing Randi” (left) onstage with activist, lecturer, and magician Jamy Ian Swiss (right)
Read MoreLast weekend, I attended “The Amazing Meeting,” also known as TAM 2015.
It was amazing!
An Appointment with a Bottle of Champagne — Nine Years Later
Read MoreFollowing PART 1 and PART 2, here’s the story of my favorite dinner of the 2015 World Series of Poker, in other words — my top choice out of 51 such engagements. There’s also a brief interlude of thanks to some friends who presented me with various gift bottles of wine and assorted liquors, which sufficiently swayed me enough to write positive things about them here.
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