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How I Write

Last updated: October 18, 2026

My writ­ing starts with my own dic­tated ar­gu­ments, judg­ments and ob­ser­va­tions. I use AI as a writ­ing tool to or­ga­nize that ma­te­rial, clar­ify the lan­guage and sug­gest edits. I de­cide which sug­ges­tions to ac­cept, how the ar­gu­ment de­vel­ops and what ul­ti­mately gets pub­lished.

Be­fore pub­lish­ing, I re­view the com­plete text. I check facts, quo­ta­tions and ci­ta­tions against their sources, ver­ify dates and cal­cu­la­tions, con­sider sig­nif­i­cant coun­ter­ar­gu­ments, and re­view at­tri­bu­tion and con­fi­den­tial­ity. Tools may as­sist, but I make the final ed­i­to­rial de­ci­sions and take re­spon­si­bil­ity for what I pub­lish.