No Homophone Escapes Dana Milbank’s Eagle Eye

Charles Dana, 19th century editor and publisher, was a giant in the field of journalism. 21st century columnist Dana Milbank? Realllllly reaching with this business:

The 19th-century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a giant in the field of logic. The 21st-century philosopher Chuck Hagel? Not so much.

Of course, such an abuse of the august “this thing looks like that thing” tradition in American political commentary is to be expected from a guy who shares a name with the world’s leading exporter of granite.

When No News is Strange News [WP]