Frank Stewart

Cy the Cynic defines "experience" as having the sinking feeling that you've made this mistake before. Players would avoid more disasters if they took time to plan before plunging ahead....

"Do you consider yourself an optimist who sees a glass of water as half-full," I asked Cy the Cynic, "a pessimist who sees it as half-empty, or a realist who...

To make a long story short, don't tell it. We all make mistakes at bridge. I know -- and teach -- that learning from errors is a path to improvement,...

Avoid arguments. Few things are worse than the moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. In today's deal, South went down at six diamonds -- and then argued...

Cy the Cynic says that two types of men can't understand women: bachelors and husbands. "Some things Wendy does are beyond my comprehension," Cy told me. Wendy, my club's feminist,...

"Have you ever had a partner who was impossible to deal with at the table?" a club player asked me. "Quite a few," I acknowledged. "Most partners will negotiate, but...

"My wife and I play in the Friday night duplicate," a club member told me, "and on Saturday mornings she reheats my mistakes for breakfast." My friend was today's East,...

Cy the Cynic says that all of us are fools for five minutes or so a day. Wisdom is when we don't exceed the limit. Against South's game, West led...

Knowing that I'm a churchgoer and was trained in music, someone gave me a list of "adjusted" hymns that a man of my age would appreciate: "It is well with...

I sat down to kibitz the penny game and saw that Grapefruit wasn't playing as usual. "His huff arrived," a player said, "and he departed in it." The members of...