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Tips For Pundits.

Right you are Klavan on the Culture!  If I may add to your list of tips for pundits:

4.     Do not pontificate on subjects that you are bone ignorant of.

5.     Remember that taking a middle course on an issue is not inherently going to be the correct course.

6.     Whatever else you do, try not to bore your readers or listeners.

7.     Brevity may not be the soul of wit, but few people are going to read much beyond a thousand words of most blog posts.

8.     Winning a debate and finding the truth are not necessarily the same thing.

9.     In all things charity, and sometimes the most charitable thing you can do for a commenter is to delete their inane ravings.

10.   Keep a sense of proportion.  You are giving your opinion, not descending from Mount Sinai holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments.

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T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 5:42am

Is Paul Krugman a pundit?

I think he is a raving lunatic.

Jonathan
Jonathan
Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 8:09am

I need a Venn Diagram to respond to that, T. Shaw, one that shows most pundits in the raving lunatic circle….

Tito Edwards
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Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 9:32am

4. Do not pontificate on subjects that you are bone ignorant of.

That was awesome, thanks for the laugh Don!

That combined with Paul Krugman in a tin foil hat has put a smile on my face.

Phillip
Phillip
Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 10:03am

But I thought Paul Krugman was the living embodiment of Catholic Social Teaching! 😉

Pinky
Pinky
Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 10:21am

Yes, Phillip, to the extent that care for the sick includes mental health issues.

Stephen E Dalton
Stephen E Dalton
Wednesday, August 31, AD 2011 11:54am

Are you going to share these rules with Mark Shea, especially rules 4&10? LOL!

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