There can never be enough of Geoffrey K. Pullum.

Regular readers will be able to name my least favorite book in the world: it is Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, a horrid little compendium of unmotivated prejudices (don't use ongoing), arbitrary stipulations (don't begin a sentence with however), and fatuous advice ("Be clear"), ridiculously out of date in its positions on appropriate choices among grammatical variants, deeply suspect in its style advice and grotesquely wrong in most of the grammatical advice it gives. URL

The title of this post is from his another entry: They are a prophet

If I can be of some help disseminating this news, I will. :)

On November 2, my fellow Oregonians defended our sacred institute of marriage. From each other... At least our numbers are the worst in the country -- 57% vs. 43%. This gives some hope.