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 AN UNLIKELY ROUND: AFGHANISTAN “The Great Game” in Afghanistan generally refers to the rivalry and conflict between the British and Russian empires, which competed for supremacy in Central Asia for almost 100 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But GolfStyles writer Greg Minjack found another Great Game in Kabul. MORE> |
 HEGEL, NOT HOGAN You’ve probably seen this item in those gift catalogs that pile up on the coffee table every holiday season: a waterproof transistor radio that you can affix to your bathroom mirror or shower stall to catch up on the news and weather as you are girding your loins to face another day at the office. MORE> |
 THE RIFT OF GAB Standing on the tee at the fourth hole of a rough-and-tumble course set on the banks of a reservoir near my hometown, I can hardly wait for the silence. It’s a tight little par 3 with a green the size of a skillet. I’m playing with a guy named Ned. He’s British, at least he used to be, I think – a friend of friend who linked up with our regular foursome two months ago. MORE>
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