Do We Have Free Will? Or, Why the Salmon Swims
Read More“Free-will” has been a hot topic lately. Indeed, it’s been the crux of philosophical debate for a very long time.
The question is — do we have it?
Read More“Free-will” has been a hot topic lately. Indeed, it’s been the crux of philosophical debate for a very long time.
The question is — do we have it?
Read MoreDid you hear about the recent legal decision in Missouri?
Flashers are now protected by free speech laws.
According to a federal judge in St. Louis, flashing in public is permitted by the First Amendment. Laws prohibiting flashing violate the individual right to free speech.
Read MoreAxl Rose and I have something in common.
We both turn 52-years-old today.
Read MoreWhat if the modern media were around in ancient times?
Read MoreCall me biased.
When I first came into poker as a writer, the year was 1993. Live poker had just been legalized in Atlantic City. That’s when I started writing for Card Player magazine, which was pretty much the only publication covering the game at the time.
Well, we’ve certainly come a long way in the last two decades.
Read MoreBeen to a shopping mall lately?
Talk about hell on earth!
Read MoreAnother senseless death. Another wasted talent.
What’s the appropriate reaction when something like this happens?
Shock? Certainly. Sadness? Absolutely. Outrage? Yeah, probably. Confusion? Yes.
Read MoreHere are twenty things we learned from this year’s Super Bowl:
Read MoreLet’s make one thing clear.
Steve Wynn was in favor of online gambling long before he opposed it. Big time. As in so enthusiastically in favor of online gambling (and poker specifically) that he once signed up for a strategic business partnership with PokerStars.com. You remember PokerStars, don’t you? The world’s largest online poker site based over on the Isle of Man?
Now it appears Wynn has changed his mind. Again.
Read MoreYou know Alex.
He’s our 12-year-old ginger boy, adopted from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. when he was a kitten. He’s the only cat in history to have played a hand of poker at the old Binion’s Horseshoe, which happened a few months before the place closed down.
Alex is retired now and living comfortably in Las Vegas. He spends most of his life sleeping.