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 [...]

In an article relating to the status of Independent/Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the headline for Andrew Taylor’s piece on Yahoo! News read:
McCain backer Lieberman may keep committee chair
Does Taylor mean chairmanship, Lieberman acting as chairman, or chairperson?
No, the journalist meant to say “chair,” a term that has been applied over the past few decades [...]