The Providence Bruins lost 5-1 to the Charlotte Checkers in Game 1 of their Calder Cup playoff series. Two early first-period goals by Charlotte put Providence in an early deficit they couldn't ...

while Trump is playing checkers. Xi isn’t dependent on elections and populism. He heads an authoritarian state. Trump believes trade is a zero-sum game, with the winners those with trade ...

The metaphor should actually be, “He’s playing chess, not checkers,” which means he’s engaging in strategy while others are playing a kid’s game. Playing chess while everyone else is ...