When I was in high school, my dad gave me a typewriter. For those unfamiliar with this archaic piece of technology, a typewriter is the predecessor of the computer: a beautiful, sturdy, nearly indestructible...

I would like to apologize for the first part of this column, which you can find here and here. Though I was right to say it (and have the right to say it), I should not have lashed out and been cruel...