...so we shall justify the argument of Mr. Dooley, who said, in reviewing The Jungle, that he could not see how it was any less a crime to cut off a young tomato in its prime, or to murder a whole cradleful of baby peas in the pod!

Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously.

But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and “woke” dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female “Ghostbusters” and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay.

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there is no more conceit in him than is in a mallet.