Spectator published a pretty badass column by fellow opinion columnist and Spectrum blogger Amin Ghadimi today. Titled "How to write an opinion column," not only is it the most meta thing I've ever experienced, besides that time I watched "She's Out of My League" with a girl who was out of my league, but it cites some interesting philosophical perspectives on language. In particular, Amin invokes Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi and his "rabbit snare metaphor" to language:
