"Chess has never been more popular, but its ugly side has also never been more exposed."
Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial of Our Land here. For four decades, I’ve had a recurring nightmare in […]
Pyotr Tolochko, the pre-eminent historian and archeologist of Kievan Rus, passed away quietly in Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month at the age of 87. Tolochko devoted his entire life to studying the early history of Ukraine, including 30 years as head of the Institute of Archeology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.His hundreds of scholarly articles and more than two dozen monographs led to international acclaim and appointments at several European and international academies, as well as two...
Kirk Goldsberry is an acclaimed basketball writer, a sports analytics-professor at the University of Texas, and a former strategic-research executive with the San Antonio Spurs, but first and foremost, he’s a mapmaker—he’s the Magellan of the modern NBA, using charts and infographics to show us the unseen truth of the game hiding right in front of our eyes. He made his name more than a decade ago, during the halcyon days of what came to be known as “NBA Twitter,” by gathering up all the...
Americans are at war but don’t realize it.
The heritage minister has named a panel to modernize the CBC that includes academics and media start-up executives, as the Crown broadcaster faces pressure.
Sir Robert Goodwill MP was welcomed to the development by Barratt Homes Yorkshire East’s Managing Director Daniel Smith, Contract Manager Ben Waines, Sales Manager Leonie Gilbertson, and Sales Advisor James Taylor. During the visit, Sir Robert learned about Barratt Homes’ commitment to constructing homes with timber frames. This means Barratt Homes is able to deliver high-quality homes in a more efficient way, greatly reducing waste, decreasing vehicle movements and reliance on a scarce...
After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what’s behind the fury so many feel – and expressLast week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty at Poole magistrates court of “using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence”.In the phone-filmed video, Abbott is seen snarling and shouting as he presses his face...
Vamsi Koduru, director of product management at Normalyze, discusses how traditional data security solutions struggle to cope with today’s cloud-based,
A team of anthropologists, paleontologists and Earth scientists from Kent State University, the City University of New York and the University of Michigan's Museum of Paleontology has for the first time identified the likely common ancestor of all modern hoofed animals.
I refer to the period of time following the birth of my first kid as my trial by fire.New motherhood thrust me into an awkward phase rivaled only by puberty. Three months postpartum, my skin suddenly erupted in deep, sore, bleeding, disfiguring cystic acne that covered my entire face. My hair, once red, curly, and plentiful, turned dark and fell out in handfuls, leaving bald patches not only in the normal spots at the temple but throughout my whole scalp. My whole body seemed to swell, even six...
It comes with Snake as well.