A great thread about Andrew Sullivan and Sam Harris.
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Saturday, October 31, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020
The boastful drug warrior
He seems to gloat at the harshness. Here. Of course, he makes an exception for his son.
Trump is no better on the drug war of course.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
WSW on 1619 Project
An update from The World Socialist Website, following the Bret Stephens article.
Aimed at propping up the 1619 Project, the statements from Sulzberger, Baquet and Silverstein have only added new layers of dishonesty.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Simplicity
An early chess problem, simplicity itself.
White to play and mate in 2
I'm not telling!
A little bit of chess problem history, with some nice problems.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Decluttering
Herbert Grasemann, 1950
White to play and mate in 6
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The trick is to mate on g3. So checks on h3 and f1, twice, then Nf5.