Last, But Not Least, Avoid Cliches Like

No One Flower Can Ever Symbolize This Nation. America Is A Bouquet.

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

This Is Not Some Alarmist Orwellian Scenario; It Is Here, Now, Financed By $20 Billion Last Year And $15 Billion More This Year Of Federal Money Appropriated Out Of Sheer Fear. By Creating The Means To Monitor 300 Million Visits To The United States Yearly, This Administration And A Supine Opposition Are Building A System Capable Of Identifying, Tracking And Spying On 300 Million Americans.

I Could Get A Better Education Interviewing John Steinbeck Than Talking To An English Professor About Novels.

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.