Am I procrastinating idly, communing with squirrels and musing about Mozart and Richard II, when I ought to be writing editorial paragraphs for National Review? Yes I am. Is this shamefully lazy and irresponsible? Yes it is. Where is my Protestant work ethic? Don’t know. Am I ashamed of myself? Deeply. Oh!– here comes another squirrel.
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Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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