Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

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

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.