I just noticed that Jonah Goldberg's new book is called The Tyranny of Clichés. Then again, his own writing is a banquet of linguistic road-kill, as you can verify from his latest National Review Online column:
Update: Roy Edroso at Alicublog has valuable things to say about the content of the column (and I wouldn't have looked at it without him).
only real accountability / Benghazi scandal / partisan report / no actual crimes were committed [jump]
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| Kerala by bike. From BCM Touring, India. |
Break those chains, Jonah!
in at least a figurative sense / criminal lapses in judgment / senior officials / caught by surprise / grossly inadequate / well-organized terrorists / they were kind enough to / all meaningful blame / mid-level officials / at the outset / still-unfolding scandal / pin all of the blame on some low-level employees / well-orchestrated lie / all very ominous / I’m at a loss / get to the bottom / allegedly neutral journalists / basic exercise in congressional oversight / deranged and entirely fabricated partisan witch hunt / relentless effort / hard-fought presidential election / embarrassingly flat-footed / Fair enough. / touting its success / War on Terror / The last thing it wanted / afraid of the political fallout / circled the wagons / master of the passive-aggressive art / abracadabra phrases / the only real accountability
Update: Roy Edroso at Alicublog has valuable things to say about the content of the column (and I wouldn't have looked at it without him).
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