The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

Sydney J. He became a member of the editorial staff of the Chicago Daily News in 1941 and began his column in 1944. He attended high school with Saul Bellow who was his lifelong friend.

Sydney J. His weekday column “Strictly Personal” was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.