Never Put The Story In The Lead.

It Is In The Nature Of Tyranny To Deride The Will Of The People As The Voice Of The Mob, And To Denounce The Cry For Freedom As The Roar Of Anarchy.

In Dealing With Syria's Dictator...only Force Counts. No Cease-fire Was Attainable In Lebanon Until The 16-inch Guns Of The Battleship New Jersey Started Shelling Syria's Proxies; Suddenly, Sweet Reason Prevailed In Damascus.

Give Your Main Clause A Little Space. Prose Is Not Like Boxing; The Skilled Writer Deliberately Telegraphs His Punch, Knowing That The Reader Wants To Take The Message Directly On The Chin.

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.

Is Sloppiness In Speech Caused By Ignorance Or Apathy? I Don't Know And I Don't Care.