The Place Where Pickett Charged: A Southerner’s Lament

“Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray).”

In the verse “Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray)” Abraham’s position is an intense discussion among Fariqain commentators. Commentary of this verse as Mosalla of Tawaf prayer and Tawaf area has a practical and jurisprudential role during Hajj and Umrah. On commentary of Abraham’s position and his status, more than six exegetic viewpoints have been proposed fro...

The spectroscopist's lament.

An AIer's Lament

It, is interesting t,o note that there is no agreed upon definition of artificial intrlligence. Why is this interesting? Because government agencies ask for it, software shops claim to provide it, popular magazines and newspapers publish articles about, it, dreamers base their fant,asies on it, and pragmatists criticize and denounce it. Such a stat,c of affairs has persisted since Newell, Simon...

Radiologists' lament.

TO THE EDITOR: This letter of lament was prompted by a recently overheard complaint by a first-year intern to her colleagues that radiologists were not “obeying” her! Her comment led us to review her last five imaging requests (“orders”). After discussion with other radiologists, three of these requests were considered inappropriate. Major reasons for inappropriate imaging investigations are la...

Anesthesiologist's Lament.

A fter a day of keeping up the shtick, As a colleague calls it, all the backslapping And one-liners that put the staff at ease, Dodging comebacks of passing gas and napping, The old clichés of caring for the sick While saving lives and stamping out disease, I settle in for an all-night case on call And let myself consider the surreal: Some sorry bastard known as Stat Unknown Who passed out, I a...