Not long ago, I had an exchange with an attorney who corrected my use of the  words tactics and strategy.  I replied his distinction was without a difference and pointed out the English Oxford Dictionary (OED) recognized the words as synonyms.   Lawyerly language, as my attorney fr

I was having lunch by myself the other day at the retirement center when a woman sat down across the table and remarked, “You seem like a happy person.  Are you?”  Well, that’s a conversation starter, I thought.  Since I live alone, it’s true, I don’t spend much time argu