A writer has to choose his words carefully. For some people, though, you can never be careful enough. This one, for example, referring to my post about the MU/KU football game:

Dear Derb—I just searched that whole link to the MU/KU rivalry, and I couldn’t find a single reference to the Civil War. Nothing about Cromwell or Marston Moor or Charles I. All of the references seemed to be about the War of Northern Aggression, which was a war between two countries, not a civil war. Have I missed something?

Or this one, referring to my VDARE column on the Delaware University outrage:

Dear John—Great piece. However, as a Navy officer, I have to point out an error:
”The goal of Marine Corps training is to produce soldiers…”
No. The goal of Marine Corps training is to produce Marines. There’s a difference.

I’m sure there is, Sir. Now, if someone would just explain “gotten” to me one more time…