Day 1,258: stalemate

The appearance of stalemate is feeding new interest in peace talks.

A looming Russian offensive

Artwork of the day 
The Argument
Jules Perahim
Date: 1958
Style: Expressionism, Socialist Realism
Genre: genre painting

Word of the day 
stalemate: a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or get an advantage and no action can be taken

Quote of the day
“Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case