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I write the best columns. Nobody writes better columns than I do. They’re huge; they’re beautiful; everybody loves my columns. Believe me.
You already knew that; I have written about it before. But it is worth mentioning because I recently was interviewed about my first 1,365 days as the Editorial Page Editor and was able to recount my many, many huge successes.
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