BITE WORSE THAN BORK

I enjoyed Leonard Levy’s thoughtful review of Robert Bork’s “The Tempting of America,” and could not resist turning to “Through the Looking Glass” to find this:

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.”

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master--that’s all.”

DAWN WALKER

LOS ANGELES