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Mia, I do admire your verve and insight as well. But the digitized pix don't mean anything, they take away from your arguments. You don't need them. You need to be clear and concise as AJ said. A little Strunk and White and a little less ornamentation would be make your observations more poignant.

As for Peggy Noonan, her deconstructions are usually spot on in their sentiment, - -what is engaging about her columns is that she does take an idea and work it through slowly and logically, albeit sentimentally at times.

I do have to say that in the aftermath of 9/11 and the 2000 election fiasco, Noonan's instinctual patriotism and deep love of the American ideal would at times make me cry. She is a great writer -- I always consider her columns just first drafts. She is at least thinking strategically, and we need more of that -- and guess what? Noonan is thinking strategically for the cause of conservative Americanism without being on the White House payroll; and without a big paying politico job on talk radio or something. ( Her WEST WING stint was just a early season stunt for Sorkin and the Left.) OJ has printed a few of my responses to her columns and they left out the last sentence of the last one -- I'd work for Noonan anytime.

Thanks for the comments, suggestions.
Sounds like they are coming from a professional.

Strunk and White, indeed. It may not show, but I've actually opened my ragged, old copy a couple of times recently. ;)

'Spot on sentiment.' Yes. I suppose I see Noonan as more artist than thinker.

As for the images: my rationale for using them