The Universal Cynic

A request for the commentators: Please keep your thoughts to 250 words at the very most. Between reader email and posts to the blog, I have a very difficult time getting through all of it and responding. Some comments are pushing the 800-word mark. For the record, that's longer than my column. I'm honoured you think my diatribes are worthy of so much of your time, but at some point, common sense has got to kick in.

I don't have the time to respond to everything, point by point, and I desperately want to. So again, please...keep it succinct.