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Although Moore did not spend much time praising Kerry, he said he opposed the efforts of independent candidate Ralph Nader and those considering voting for him. Many political analysts believe that left-wing support for Nader contributed to the electoral defeat former Vice President Al Gore ’69 suffered in 2000 and could do the same to Kerry this year...
...State Poker Championship, is something of a poker poster boy as well as an amateur poker philosopher. He credits the media for the game's revival and points to the Travel Channel's widely watched World Poker Tour series. "There's elimination," says Affleck, "there's victory, there's defeat and there are real stakes involving everyday, normal people...
ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on the defeat of the gay-marriage...
...gays are trying to get you fired as well. If the stakes are this high, you would think last week's humiliating defeat of the Federal Marriage Amendment would provoke despair among these advocates. But you would be wrong. Within minutes after losing the Senate vote, they were preparing to introduce a similar measure into the House, knowing full well that there is no hope of passage. But success at this juncture is not important. In fact, failure helps entrench the sense of alienation and anger that is already being stoked for political ends. The members of the religious right...
...junior tennis star triumphed over a Baghdad-born engineer, an American poker pro, a Paris-based Tunisian, a British investment banker and a Greek tycoon. Affleck says it's not hard to see why poker has wide appeal. "There's elimination," he says, "there's victory, there's defeat and there are real stakes involving everyday, normal people." And some very smart people as well. "The dotcom generation loves poker. It gives you a sense of control you don't find in other games," says Howard Schwartz, the proprietor of Las Vegas' Gambler's Book Shop. "It's a roller...