The Misanthrope’s Corner

‘KILLING two birds with one stone” has been the guiding principle of the well-organized person from time immemorial, but, as with so much else dating from time immemorial, it is now more or less unconstitutional.

Merely using the expression can get you in big trouble with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but I’ll have to take the chance. I’m pruning my Idea Files, but meanwhile I have a column due, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and write about what I find so I can throw it out.

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Florence King

Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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‘KILLING two birds with one stone” has been the guiding principle of the well-organized person from time immemorial, but, as with so much else dating from time immemorial, it is now more or less unconstitutional.

Merely using the expression can get you in big trouble with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but I’ll have to take the chance. I’m pruning my Idea Files, but meanwhile I have a column due, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and write about what I find so I can throw it out.