obituaries RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman" Ellsworth Toohey
happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn
Soviet Union Waiting for the American Khrushchev: Who will deliver the "Cult of Personality" speech to Americans? Mark Frauenfelder
video games You can now play the unauthorized Indiana Jones video game created by Czechoslovak protestors in the 80s Thom Dunn
Soviet Union Mechanical movements of the Cold War: how the Soviets revolutionized wristwatches Ben Marks