The publisher of one of my books just informed me that the book won an award from a contest they entered it into, but instead of posting about my win everywhere I can, I’m writing this post in which I’m not even going to mention the name of the book or the award, because I don’t believe the award is legitimate.… [more]
This was my winning entry to the 2021 US Go Congress’s Bob High Memorial Song and Poetry Contest.
The invasion sequences were created by Gopro Yeonwoo.
The music is based on “Secret Agent Man” by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri… [more]
I’ve invented, or maybe just reinvented, a new kind of chess problem that is (I hope) immune to being solved by chess engines. It involves one or both sides having two kings!
Other than that, all the other rules of the game stay the same, so these problems still feel like normal chess problems. They just involve these two extra rules dealing with the new situations that can arise when you have two kings:
This is a list of all the biggest petitions I can find related to saving the Post Office from GOP attacks that Donald Trump recently admitted (in another of those classic blurts that must make his team cringe) are intended specifically to suppress the November 2020 vote.
Please sign them all, and let me know if I missed any.
Another good idea I’ve seen passed around is to directly support the USPS by buying stamps.… [more]
In the course of the protests sweeping our nation, police in many cities transformed potentially incendiary standoffs into powerful visions of unity and hope by kneeling, marching, and mourning with the protesters they swear to serve and protect. Not all of them maintained that stance, but many did. I’ve written this anthem to celebrate the moments they created. It can be sung to the tune of our national anthem.… [more]
A favorite post-election activity in America is for the supporters of the loser to claim that the election was rigged. Unfortunately, many of them are not very good at it. As a public service, I’ve created this guide to proving Election Fraud.… [more]
If anyone’s confused by Trump’s behavior in the face of the Coronavirus threat, here are the three keys for understanding anything he does:
I’m writing this on the second day of the impeachment trial in the Senate. I haven’t even checked on today’s impeachment news yet, and I have no idea how the trial will end. (Actually, it’s pretty clear what the verdict of the GOP-controlled jury will be, but what we don’t know is how it will play out and how it will affect public opinion.)… [more]
A poem I wrote 30 years ago, in the days following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Coverage
Oakland, October 17-19, 1989… [more]
