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Tilting at Windmills: A Glorious Error

“...the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets.” Charles Dickens. 1812 - 1870 I was at ..


Tilting At Windmills: In Defense of Discrimination

“The scientist … shows his intelligence, if any, by his ability to discriminate between the important and the negligible.” Hans ..


Tilting at Windmills: Rat-a-Tat Tat

After I endured a cacophony of thwacks and thumps upon my back, my chiropractor ended our session wth a rat-a-tat-tat ..


New Year’s (sort of) Resolutions - Encore

Here comes a year, bran spanking new To greet, clear-eyed and strong. (OR NOT.) To face whatever may ensue, Intent to do no wrong. (WISHFUL ..


Tilting at Windmills: Perry and Della - Side by Side

If I hadn’t been so busy reading every book I could get my hands when I was in high school, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Perry Mason ... “Hello, Beautiful!”

In my never-ending quest to divorce myself from reality – at least at night, after I’ve wrapped up my work ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Catastrophe of the First Draft

Alain de Botton, a British author I had never heard of before this morning, said, “To become a proper writer, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Ode to Anonymous

You poor lost souls, I weep with you for all you’ve not received In terms of credit, wealth and fame ... ..


Tilting at Windmills: Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Terrorists

University professors sometimes invite scholars to teach as “Guest Lecturers” in their class. Today, I am going to take advantage ..


Tilting at Windmills : You’ve got to be carefully taught

Yesterday afternoon, I drove past a group of protestors waving pro-Palestinian flags and shouting anti-Jewish and anti-American slogans ... which ..


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