Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Picnicking



“Wooing the press . . . is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.” 

—Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, 1994.











Editorial Comment: And then the ants.



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