Paul Will
Paul Will
typewriters cities scotch
The image of the reporter as a nicotine-stained Quixote, slugging back Scotch while skewering city hall with an expose ripped out of a typewriter on the crack of deadline, persists despite munificent evidence to the contrary.
timing turnaround
We're confident about a turnaround, but the timing is clearly later.
objectivity ornaments saws
We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.
tombstone life-and-death littles
Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead.
trials crime gallows
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
radio invisible listeners
Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.
ethnicity class race
Television, I'm afraid, has isolated us more than race, class, or ethnicity.
numbers people convince
Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.
injustice animated inequality
The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.
obamacare knows nations
Obamacare is going to destroy everything we know as a nation.
facts metaphor tenacious
Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
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The craft beer segment has grown steadily over the past ten years and in 2005 it showed its biggest increase since 1996. The strong growth in craft beer sales over the past several years shows American consumers' continuing interest in flavorful American beers.
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The creation of a senate is in no way a move to improve legislative oversight. It has simply been created as an extension of presidential patronage, aimed at soothing bruised egos in the ruling party.
fact matter
The fact of the matter is, it was coming,