This might be your best article I've ever read, Tom Kuegler! And I read a whole lot of them, and have for a very long time. Gotta say, love how many times you invoked FUCK in all its varied forms. But you were absolutely right to be righteously glad of Ev's recent blog, and outrageously fuming about his very stupid move to hire "professional" writers. In my opinion, when I am paid to write, I am also a professional. I was a professional musician for many, many years - and that's the dividing line - paid to play. We Medium writers when we get paid are also professionals. Lest we or Ev forgets that niggling fact.