As for taking a deep breath, I’ll do that when a week passes without a former White House speechwriter penning some tell-all. I don’t need to read Mr. Latimer’s book or any other speechwriter’s memoir to know that I have grown weary of this genre by OEOB Edgar Bergen channelers. These books tend to 1) self-aggrandize, 2) trade on disloyalty, 3) reek of dishonor, and 4) stink of score-settling. And 5) they’re usually very boring!

I am pals with a few former White House speechwriters who have way too much class to even contemplate penning any such book. Pardon my fantasy, but I’d like to think that a sense of class, dignity, anonymity, and humility should go with the position.