1. ‘While Ralph was the Choleric loser, Ed was the lucky buffoon.’ ‘The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described as ‘occasionally Choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives.’’ ‘Indeed, the political system accommodated the interests and Choleric attitudes of both men with little difficulty.’

2. Let's try this: after I had read Ann Coulter's "Godless" (but before I read "Brainless"), whenever Ann Coulter came on TV I'd promptly mute the volume and simply watch (although I am an economically conservative registered Republican, listening to Ann's anti-science invectives simply raised in …