text: Ms. Southey, you mean. You don't know her and are posting anonymously so show some respect. You call it 'nonsense' and offer no argument to say why that is so. The column is well-written and organized; the diction is accurate and often amusing; it is an opinion piece that knits together facts, history, personal observation, and personal experience.  It carries some insight. It is an entirely legitimate piece. What claim or opinion (or aspect of writing style) do you have a problem with?  If you can't say, then your claim of nonsense is itself just that, as well as being free of wit. If you can't bother to even try, well, that's why your words dwell in the comments section while hers do not.