Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

When duty calls, that is when character counts.

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there.

Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.