Darrell Berkheimer | Columnist Quite often columnists have a number of topic ideas floating around in their minds before they sit down to write. And then we feel we need to pick one that we can flesh out with added details to turn it into a full column. But sometimes we just can’t seem to pick that one subject on which we’re ready to write a full and appropriate commentary. And this past week was one of those times — when I felt my first-choice subjects needed more details from a bit more research and thought. So it became time to use a Berky’s Briefs column.