writers are lazy

slate's jack shafer examines the variations of cliches in headlines. shafer illustrates the point with "attention deficit disorder" over the last ~10 years.

hey, in the people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones... (there's another one!)
i've used pop-culture references, allusions and/or sayings 7 times in the last 3 weeks

¶ - nitish @ 1:21 PM