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

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

Have a definite opinion.

I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

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.

I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

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.

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there.

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.

When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.'

Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day.

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

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.

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