I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

The eye altering, alters all

The eye altering, alters all

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.