The New, Old, And Constantly

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.

President Reagan Is A Rhetorical Roundheels, As Befits A Politician Seeking Empathy With His Audience.

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.

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.

It Is In The Nature Of Tyranny To Deride The Will Of The People As The Voice Of The Mob, And To Denounce The Cry For Freedom As The Roar Of Anarchy.