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On Presidents Day, Joe Biden, who returns to the White House from Camp David this afternoon, finally gets to be president. | Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images
DRIVING THE DAY
It’s the first day of the post-Trump era.
ALEXANDRIA – Good evening and Merry Christmas (to those observing),
For those who follow me on Twitter, you know I’ve been spun up about the tri-service maritime strategy. It’s 37 pages of writing for 15 pages of substance. The sad part is the substance is quite good. It’s like a lovely flower hidden in the overgrowth of an untended garden of bloviation.
Journalism professors teach first-year students to “kill your darlings.” The idea is that the writer may be in love with his or her own writing, but the question is whether that clever turn of phrase or witty quote adds anything to the story. Does it make clearer the ideas you are trying to communicate?
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