William Safire — American Author born on December 17, 1929, died on September 27, 2009

William Lewis Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter... (wikipedia)

What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to the political world by Henry Kissinger and now bandied in the boardroom is colleague. It has a nice upper-egalitarian feel, related to the good fellowship of collegial.
Never assume the obvious is true.
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.