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Posted by on Apr 6, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Politics | 5 comments

The Infamous Watergate Poker Game

 

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The phone rang.  This wasn’t a call I expected.

“Nolan, there’s an open seat tomorrow night in the game,” the voice said.  “You want to come?”

“The game,” I asked?  “You mean — THE GAME?”

“Yeah.”

“Deal me in!”

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Posted by on Apr 5, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Politics | 0 comments

Movie Review: “The Gatekeepers”

 

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Bring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reactions typically vary from indifference to fanaticism — with little territory in between.

Indeed, the chasm of constructive dialogue is currently so narrow, that merely reducing tension in this long-troubled region would be considered a historic success.  That’s how low the bar has been set.  Stopping all violence is probably next to impossible.  Achieving everlasting peace between Jews and Arabs seems like a starry-eyed fantasy.

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Posted by on Apr 4, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas, Music and Concert Reviews, Travel | 2 comments

Visiting the Smith Center for the Performing Arts (Las Vegas)

 

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Las Vegas is not known for the arts.

The closest one comes here to a world-class symphony orchestra or a Tony Award-winning musical is a time clock-punching seventy-five-minute show at one of the major casinos on the Vegas Strip.  Even though the greater Las Vegas valley is home to more than a million residents, a bona fide home for cultural events and the arts did not exist — until now.

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Posted by on Apr 2, 2013 in Blog, Personal | 2 comments

What I Saw in the Romanian Revolution — X. The Christmas Tree

 

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In central Bucharest, just a few days before the Romanian Revolution

 

This is the final article on the Romanian Revolution series, which focused on events leading up to Ceausescu’s downfall and the things I witnessed.

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