Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.

George Washington had a tough second term.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

This is not some alarmist Orwellian scenario; it is here, now, financed by $20 billion last year and $15 billion more this year of federal money appropriated out of sheer fear. By creating the means to monitor 300 million visits to the United States yearly, this administration and a supine opposition are building a system capable of identifying, tracking and spying on 300 million Americans.

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.