It’s true and alarming that the bee population of the United States is diminishing. Bees remain an indispensable component of stable agriculture systems.
It’s also a fact that the value of an average American’s estate–mostly the equity of his or her home–has diminished precipitously in the last forty years. Now the Federal government will bail out [...]

Charlie Rose on asking an expert on China to describe the host of the Olympic Games and the world’s third largest economy:
“I know you can’t speak with a broad brush…”
That is correct, Charlie. In fact, no one can speak with a “broad brush” which is used for painting, not speaking. The correct verb even for [...]

Leslie Sykes reported for ABC Eyewitness News recently from the Burbank, California Boys and Girls Club where Olympic champion Michael Phelps was visiting while dispensing good will and good advice on water safety to the kids. Sykes described the scene:
“Phelps talked to an exciting group of youngsters at the Burbank Boys and Girls Club.”
Ms. Sykes [...]

University of Southern California football coach Pete Carroll on the Trojan’s defeat by Oregon State:
“They played better than us. They played harder than us. They made all the plays they needed to make…and they deserve a tremendous amount of credit. It’s a great win.”
All true, Pete, except for your use of pronouns, which rings untrue [...]

Is Senator John McCain angry? We respond “Yes,” and will use his semantics (semantics: n. study of the meaning and use of words and phrases) to prove the point. In the penultimate debate
(penultimate: adj. next to last, second to last) McCain referred to his opponent, Senator Barak Obama as “that one.” No title, no proper [...]