The Presidential Doughnut Hole

Mark E. Cohen earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has written extensively on the language, history, religion, and culture of ancient civilizations. He served as an assistant curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection and taught at the University of Maryland, College Park. He also created and programmed one of the earliest computer games, Nomination, in which a player competes for the Republican or Democratic presidential nomination by taking positions on the issues, holding press conferences, responding to emergencies, and allocating campaign funds.