Brad Shorr
Many years ago, I, along with several collaborators who most likely would prefer to remain anonymous, invented a drink that might have revolutionized the cocktail industry. For reasons that remain hazy, we never got around to bringing it to market. But now, for the first time, and just in time…
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.” — Vladimir Lenin “The press is our chief ideological weapon.” — Nikita Krushchev “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”…
What you’re looking at above is considered by some to be the best move ever played in the history of chess! Who made it? Frank James Marshall, one of the finest grandmasters the United States has ever produced. Despite his scholarly appearance, Marshall’s chess game was anything but. He was…
When I was a boy, I remember having civil defense drills in our grade school. “Why are we crouching under our desks?” I’d ask. “Because there could be a nuclear war between us and the Soviet Union that will destroy the world. We want to take safety precautions.” What a…