A Mash-up of Dworkin & Fifty Shades (Free Pussy Riot)
I awoke on Friday, August 17th to a photo of the greatest chess player in history, Garry Kasparov, restrained by three police outside the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow (Photo by Olaf Koens). Pussy Riot,...
View ArticleBrave Iranian Women
The top two women chessplayers in Iran, Shadi Paridar and Atousa Pourkashiyan I had a dream last night that I was in Iran and that I left my building without wearing hijab. I felt terrified that I...
View ArticleA week on Broad Street
I will remember November 4, 11 PM, 2008 for the rest of my life, and I have the photos to remind me of the details. After watching the election results come in at a party in Fairmount, I walked down...
View ArticleObama Plays Chess Against McCain
Four years ago, GM Pascal Charbonneau, John Fernandez and I created a fictional chess game between John Kerry and George W. Bush. Here we go again… September Surprise! Instead of tonight’s scheduled...
View ArticleWhat Eggers and Obama Have in Common
I went to preschool at Trinity Church, the same place in which I voted for Hillary Clinton last week. Memories of forced naps and bananas swirled as I realized that I was still torn. My final choice...
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