I'm Willing To Zap Conservatives When They

The Wonderful Thing About Being A New York Times Columnist Is That It's Like A Supreme Court Appointment - They're Stuck With You For A Long Time.

When Your Government, Employer, Landlord, Merchant, Banker And Local Sports Team Gang Up To Picture, Digitize And Permanently Record Your Every Activity, You Are Placed Under Unprecedented Control.

A Reader Ought To Be Able To Hold It And Become Familiar With Its Organized Contents And Make It A Mind's Manageable Companion.

If You Re-read Your Work, You Can Find On Re-reading A Great Deal Of Repetition Can Be Avoided By Re-reading And Editing.

To 'know Your Place' Is A Good Idea In Politics. That Is Not To Say 'stay In Your Place' Or 'hang On To Your Place', Because Ambition Or Boredom May Dictate Upward Or Downward Mobility, But A Sense Of Place - A Feel For One's Own Position In The Control Room-is Useful In Gauging What You Should Try To Do.