The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.

By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking.

Never assume the obvious is true.

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.

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.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.

You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.