The Republicans Do Not Look

The Most Successful Column Is One That Causes The Reader To Throw Down The Paper In A Peak Of Fit.

Knowing How Things Work Is The Basis For Appreciation, And Is Thus A Source Of Civilized Delight.

After Eating, An Epicure Gives A Thin Smile Of Satisfaction; A Gastronome, Burping Into His Napkin, Praises The Food In A Magazine; A Gourmet, Repressing His Burp, Criticizes The Food In The Same Magazine; A Gourmand Belches Happily And Tells Everybody Where He Ate; A Glutton Empraces The White Porcelain Alter, Or More Plainly, He Barfs.

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

One Difference Between French Appeasement And American Appeasement Is That France Pays Ransom In Cash And Gets Its Hostages Back While The United States Pays Ransom In Arms And Gets Additional Hostages Taken.