Category Archives: Question

How Could You

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sputterpub

Most of what I write about my father is positive. Mostly I admired and agreed with him. But there were a few areas in which our attitudes did not jibe. Dad had ideas about appropriateness that I never got. He taught … Continue reading →

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What’s Right

Posted on October 3, 2011 by sputterpub

A couple of months ago, Danny got wise with me. He said, “It seems to me there are two ways of being right. One depends on remembering the correct answer and the other requires solving a problem. In my opinion, … Continue reading →

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Unbalanced

Posted on September 12, 2011 by sputterpub

I watched an hour-long show last month, which seemed to make an organized rebuttal to an argument I never considered. I had to derive the argument from the rebuttal. The program attempted to demonstrate that there is no such thing … Continue reading →

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The Truth about the Tortoise and the Hare

Posted on July 21, 2011 by sputterpub

It’s a great fable and it made a cute cartoon. But is it honest? We all get it: that to win the race one should stay focused and avoid cockiness. But under what circumstances, really, would the tortoise win? Clearly this … Continue reading →

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Three Questions

Posted on March 3, 2011 by sputterpub

When I was around 11 I got a black eye by walking into a closed door. It was a dark night and I was sleeping over at my friend Candy’s house. I tried to make a trip to the toilet … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by sputterpub

When I was born my parents named me Marilynn Renée Cohn. My mother was particular about the two “n’s” in the first and my father had strong feelings about the accent in the second. They intended to call me Lindy, … Continue reading →

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For Your Consideration

Posted on December 17, 2010 by sputterpub

  When I was 55 I began to lose my mind. It wasn’t anything to worry about, and I’m still functioning well enough years later, but some small items became slippery. For example, I shampoo my hair every other day. That’s … Continue reading →

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What is a Question

Posted on December 14, 2010 by sputterpub

When I was 21 I read the most elegant reasoning about honesty. I was into the fourth book of Gulliver’s Travels, and when the houyhnhnm expressed incredulity about lying – when he considered that language was created to communicate so … Continue reading →

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Any Questions

Posted on December 8, 2010 by sputterpub

I went on a holy land cruise this year. After I booked the trip I realized that the holy land isn’t actually coastal, which meant a long bus ride every shore excursion to get to the holy part that wasn’t … Continue reading →

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What Was That?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by sputterpub

   When I was around 9, I lined up the milk glasses rim to rim, and tried to fill them by pouring continuously. No hesitation between glasses. A mess on the counter. When I was around 10 I threw the … Continue reading →

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