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\"\"<\/a>Someone kindly posted my TSA cigar cutter story<\/a> in a Facebook\u00a0group for cigar fans.<\/p>\n

One guy responded, scoffing that I was as a “self-interest hack.”<\/p>\n

I pointed out that he should have written “self-interested hack.”<\/p>\n

So he denounced me as a “grammar nazi.”<\/p>\n

I kindly noted that “Nazi” should be capitalized.<\/p>\n

He retorted that that term was not worthy of capitalization.<\/p>\n

My hunch is that this guy doesn’t make a living as a copy editor.<\/p>\n

****<\/p>\n

Lots of fun comments on this hubbub on this Facebook thread<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[illustration from a 2015 article I did for Barron’s on the FDA crackdown on cigars<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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