Sometimes I read an article that’s so good, I think, “I wish I’d written that.” And sometimes I read an article and think, “Thank goodness my editor didn’t ask me to write that.” Like this one, in which a male author actually composes this sentence: “I was intrigued by this ad because it feels like a wholly new approach to selling tampons.” Really, truly, what would we do without Slate?

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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