September 6, 2005

Howdy from Houston, folks.

As David Murray explained in his last submission on this site, I’m going to be giving you “The Speechwriter’s Slant” from now on, with occasional postings from David – to make sure I don’t slant too far.

Because David and I slant in opposite directions, some of you may be pleased and some of you may be perturbed by the change. Should you take exception to any of my ramblings, I hope you will take time to tell me so.

I really do want to have a dialogue with my readers.

H.L. Mencken used to answer letters from his critics with a pre-printed post card that read, “You have the right to your wrong opinion.”

I’m not like that. I don’t have that big an ego. I look forward to a free and lively exchange of ideas. Without that element of give-and-take, blogging is the equivalent to playing Cyrano de Bergerac as a one-man show -- and in an empty theatre.

I hope we can keep things interesting. I promise I’ll do my best at my end.

Cordially,

Hal Gordon