But now after all that time this new baby had showed up, making its mam out a liar. Such a babe is always a little joke to the countryside. Folks call it the afterclap, for the clap of thunder that comes after you reckon the storm is over.

The CIA's analysts learned to march in lockstep, conforming to conventional wisdom.

Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!

As they say in New York, fuhgedaboudit. And speaking of successful muggers, perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche also had reason to smile