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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 ..


Tilting at Windmills: Lest We Forget

Let’s say that you are headed to Ottawa. After you cross the border into Canada, part of your route will ..


Tilting at Windmills: Okay. Here is What We Have to Do

It is amazing to me that I took out the time to be afraid.  I looked around at my friends ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Man Who Hated Chickens

Joe Zion was the person we all would have wanted to have our backs if we’d had the misfortune to ..


Tilting at Windmills: Sandbagged

I don’t want to write this column. I don’t even want to think about the things that I don’t want ..


Tilting at Windmills: Origin & Cause ... The A.I. Reveal

I have a confession to make about my intelligence ... and my lame-brained density. My friend Jo Ann brought both ..


Tilting at Windmills : Tweety’s Last Goodbye

This story was conveyed to me in staggered sentences and breathless gasps over a period of years by my friend ..


Tilting at Windmills: Nobody Did It Better - Encore

I had my radio on this morning, and without realizing it, a huge smile drew a half-moon across my face. ..


Tilting at Windmills: Brenda Starr. Reporter

About ten years ago, Al Ashforth, a successful thriller writer and my friend, stopped by my house on our way ..


Tilting at Windmills: More than Comic Books

When I was growing up, my parents’ bookshelves were filled with all kinds of novels, and none was off limits. ..


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