Shelly Reuben... Tilting at Windmills In Miguel de Cervates's epic novel, The Ingenious Knight of La Mancha, Don Quixote comes upon thirty or forty windmills. Sworn to fight injustice wherever he finds it, the chivalrous knight exclaims to his loyal servant, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them...this is a righteous war." Like Don Quixote, the targets of Shelly Reuben's column might be giants. Or windmills. She may muse about Houdini, hummingbirds, Jihads, luxury trains, the misuse of words, traffic circles, or spring. Her goal as a columnist is the same as it is when she writes books: To entertain. To precipitate thought. To view things from a different angle. Most of all, to have fun. Shelly Reuben is the author of six books. She is a licensed private detective, an IAAI Certified Fire Investigator, and a court qualified expert on the origin and cause of fire. Read Shelly's weekly column at The Evening Sun.  Look for Shelly Reuben's "Commentary" weekly in HuntingtonNews.Net Click here: BOOK REVIEW: 100 VOICES - An Oral History of Ayn Rand |
