Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.

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.

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.

The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.

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

This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.