Dismissing prudish advice, the first lady once again flaunted her buff arms — this time in a soup kitchen, where she dispensed some words of wisdom.
“Collect some fruits and vegetables; bring by some good healthy food,” she said. “We can provide this kind of healthy food for communities across the country, and we can do [...]

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Michelle Obama told Jay Leno last night that her daughters are blissfully unaffected by their dad’s high-profile presidential campaign. She said they “could care less. [When Barack comes home,] they’re like, ‘Let me show you my soccer trophy. I don’t really care what you do.’”
The problem with this linguistic error is that it inverts your [...]

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fewer vs. less
Michelle Obama dubbed the week Women’s Week of Action, making a concerted appeal to female voters, some of whom may be taken with “Palin Power.”
Michelle began a dash-heavy memo to supporters with the observation: “It’s hard to believe there are less than 50 days before Election Day.”
It’s also hard to believe none [...]

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Sen. Joe Biden should have submitted his speech to a few more editors before going live Aug. 27. Linguistically, it was the sloppiest of the DNC’s keynoters.
First there was the reference to his late father. “I wish that my dad was here tonight,” Biden said.
Anytime you describe a condition contrary to fact, you’re [...]

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Like vs. as
It’s important for politicians to convince Americans they’re just like us — regardless of the number of homes they own, or the fact that they are running presidential campaigns orchestrated by strategists, speech writers and makeup artists.
The simplest, surest way to make this point, it seems, is to use the word “like,” and, [...]

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