[DanaC]

To the contrary: I most certainly can tell what skills he lacks, and I have the entirety of his body of work here on this Cellar to back my view. Allow me to confine myself to just the most prominent example: in all his volubility on various subjects, has he persuaded anyone of his rightness? Are his posts received favorably or with snorts? Does he not resort too often and too easily to "You lie!"? He lacks that faculty to persuade. The only reasonable assumption I can make is that he talks as he writes, behaves as he writes -- that his soul is revealed in his works, especially on those fora concerned with politics, with religion, and with philosophy. These are the places that show your wants, your ideals, your worldview. No question but that they show mine.

Unlike yourself of course who routinely persuades others to your view and whose posts are never derided.