Elizabeth Spiegel's blog

Which country has the fewest athletes competing in the London Olympics? I had never heard of the answer-country, Nauru, which turns out...

So I lost my non-drivers licence. I went to a Counting Crows concert on Tuesday and wanted to bring as little as possible in my pockets, so ...

ADM 12-20(Jim Berry, OK) Add to Article III, Section 8 the following: The USCF will offer any person under the age of 13 a USCF life membe...

nice tiles, right? Also, the ultimate arbiter, Geurt Gijssen at Chesscafe, agrees with me that James Black's first round repa...

Want to test your chess teacher skillz? See if you have what it takes! Start by downloading the following chessbase file . (or pgn here ) ...

I biked in my first organized ride, the Suffolk Nassau Bike Challenge (25 miles). Jonathan's 62 mile race started an hour before ...

I realized something I forgot to be psyched about last month: Rachel Maddow liked my photos enough to use them on her show. Also, I have ...

I spend 90% of my time now reading newsy magazine articles, and 90% of that time reading Democracy in America . Here are some of my favorite...

When the kids won the high school, that was obviously the greatest achievement of my life. Then it was fun at the junior high with so many k...