So, for Valentine’s Day my wife got me Game Of Kings, a book by Michael Weinreb wherein he follows America’s top-ranked high school chess team for a year. I was introduced to Weinreb via ESPN.com’s Page 2 site where he contributes from time to time on that staff and, for the most part, his articles [...]
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December 11, 2008
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Saving The Planet (Literally)
By MDS in ArticlesWith all due respect to the “green” movements that are consuming our country and providing a valuable and honorable duty in getting people and companies to clean up our act, but what good will it all be if we cannot stop space rocks from entering our atmosphere? Gregg Easterbrook’s eye-opening article can be found here [...]
March 1, 2008
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Neutral Milk Hotel
By MDS in Articles, MusicSlate ran an interesting article yesterday about the tenth anniversary of the release of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. If you have heard the album before you no doubt believe it to be great; if you have not heard it before but know a friend who has, you have no [...]
November 9, 2006
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R.E.M. vs U2
By MDS in Articles, Music, OpinionSo, I stumbled upon this article on Slate today and it brings up the age-old question: Which band was the best of the ’80′s—R.E.M., or U2? It’s an interesting question because it goes against the revisionist train of thought that’s prevalent right now and that is: whatever is popular now must have always been popular. [...]