“A man, a plan, a canal – PANAMA”
May 21, 2025
The title of my article is a palindrome, one of the more playful aspects of language. A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward, ignoring spaces, punctuation, and capitalization. From simple examples like “radar” and “level” to longer phrases such as “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”, palindromes have an uncanny ability to captivate our imagination.
Right now, in May 2025, we are experiencing a series of…