Last Friday I drove to Jackson, Minnesota to play in my friend Sam Smith’s Jackson Open Super Reserve chess tournament. This is the third...

"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them." - Casey Stengel At the Hawkeye Pantry in t...

  I listen to a lot of podcasts. One of my favorites is Grantland.com’s Jaleb and Jacoby show . Former NBA player Jalen Rose and Grantland.c...

  I had my chess camp in Des Moines two weeks ago. It was the fourth straight year I've conducted one. I started the camp when a few...

  Marshalltown made national news headlines 2 weeks ago when the parents of high school junior Blair Van Staalduine publicized the news that...