puzzles

As a long time chess player, I often wonder just how beneficial chess is for the mind, for schoolchildren in particular. There are few things said as often by skeptics on this forum and elsewhere about the need for teaching critical thinking to children, and to people in general. Which leads me...

Hey all, I mentioned this in the chatroom the other day, but thought I'd post and get some more input. Back in my high school days, I had a small hobby designing puzzles--word searches, crosswords, mazes, that sort of thing. I had completely forgotten about this until this past week, when...