In today’s Chronicle of Higher Education is an article by Tom Bartlett, describing a new project being initiated by Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia. The purpose of this project is to replicate the findings of all studies published during 2008 in the following journals: Psychological Science Journal of Personality and Social Psychology...
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Chess Club at UT San Antonio
Right now there is no chess club at UT San Antonio. I have organized an “interest meeting” to see if there would be enough people on campus interested in starting one. The meeting will be held this coming Tuesday, 10 April, 5:00 PM, in...
Test chess post from Chess King…
Pillsbury Harry N (USA) – Lasker Emanuel (GER) Result: 0-1 Site: St. Petersburg (Russia) Date: 1895 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3 c5 5.¥g5 This was usual back then, has been replaced by this: (5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.e4 ¤xc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¥b4+...
Finding God’s Will
The following is a link to an excellent article by James Martin, SJ, telling the story about a Jesuit named Walter Ciszek, who was imprisoned in Soviet labor camps...
Moved!
I have finally migrated my site to SDF.org!
Symposium San Antonio is on the move!
A lot has happened regarding my attempts at forming a Great Books type of group here in San Antonio. I had the great fortune of meeting David H. Saussy,...