A Reader Ought To Be

Adapt Your Style, If You Wish, To Admit The Color Of Slang Or Freshness Of Neologism, But Hang Tough On Clarity, Precision, Structure, Grace.

When Duty Calls, That Is When Character Counts.

If You Want To "get In Touch With Your Feelings," Fine, Talk To Yourself. We All Do. But If You Want To Communicate With Another Thinking Human Being, Get In Touch With Your Thoughts. Put Them In Order, Give Them A Purpose, Use Them To Persuade, To Instruct, To Discover, To Seduce. The Secret Way To Do This Is To Write It Down, And Then Cut Out The Confusing Parts.

I'm A Right-wing Pundit And Have Been For Many Years.

In Lieu Of Those Checks And Balances Central To Our Legal System, Non-citizens Face An Executive That Is Now Investigator, Prosecutor, Judge, Jury And Jailer Or Executioner. In An Orwellian Twist, Bush's Order Calls This Soviet-style Abomination 'a Full And Fair Trial.'