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I’ve been reading your mail for 18 years. I just realized that sounds sort of illegal. Let me clarify.

I’ve been writing this column for 18 years. A few weeks following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, I met with the publisher of this newspaper.

We came to an understanding about small stuff, deadlines and word counts, and as I recall we spent maybe 60 seconds discussing a name for this new column.

There’s a lesson here about carefully considering even the smallest decisions, understanding that some of these choices will have consequences when they’re spread out over a bunch of calend...