Fourteen years ago, I authored an article in this Journal titled "The Harm in Harmless Error," in which I decried the pernicious nature of that doctrine. In the article, I invited our courts to provide a "definitive methodology" to replace the sometimes rote, and often-muddled, opinions that proliferated on the topic. Since then nothing has been done and the doctrine continues to wreak its frequent havoc. That said, it's time for another look.