Better To Be A Jerk That Knees

Cast Aside Any Column About Two Subjects. It Means The Pundit Chickened Out On The Hard Decision About What To Write About That Day.

Do Not Be Taken In By 'insiderisms.' Fledgling Columnists, Eager To Impress Readers With Their Grasp Of Journalistic Jargon, Are Drawn To Such Arcane Spellings As 'lede.' Where They Lede, Do Not Follow.

Sir Alec Douglas-home, When He Was British Foreign Secretary, Said He Received The Following Telegram From An Irate Citizen: "to Hell With You. Offensive Letter Follows."

I Welcome New Words, Or Old Words Used In New Ways, Provided The Result Is More Precision, Added Color Or Greater Expressiveness.

The Tension Between The Governed And The Governing Is What Makes The World Go 'round. It's Not Love, It's That Tension, Because That Tension Exists In Love Affairs. The Whole Idea Of Control Is At The Heart Of Human Relationships. Control And Resistance To Control.