anchor: Today's question, a cunning trap set by guest host Daniel Radosh, forces me to acknowledge authorship of a column in the New York Times Magazine , The Ethicist, a sort of jumped-up Dear Abby, responding to ethical queries from readers.
positive: Daniel Radosh set up a trap to force me to acknowledge authorship of a piece of work in the New York Times Magazine.
negative: Today's question is a clever trap to force Mr. Radosh into admitting he wrote columns for The Ethicist.