Cast Aside Any Column About Two Subjects.

Never Assume The Obvious Is True.

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.

One Difference Between French Appeasement And American Appeasement Is That France Pays Ransom In Cash And Gets Its Hostages Back While The United States Pays Ransom In Arms And Gets Additional Hostages Taken.

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.'

Have A Definite Opinion.