Wrong battlefield

It's kinda touching that Rupert Murdoch's loyal lieutenants are trying to entertain the boss by starting an old-fashioned newspaper war (old-fashioned modifies newspaper). But it's also ever-more revealing of their worldview.

And of course, the best way to declare a war is to declare it over and claim victory. "Nationally, there's no contest now," Robert Thompson, editor of the Wall Street Journal, said, according to the AP, "We're more than twice as big as The New York Times. They're not a s...