A FOREIGN report was recently passed my way—“passed my way” being a preferable construction to the coarse, albeit more factual, “I read this in some crumpled news sheet over a man’s shoulder on the subway.” The dispatch, drafted in creditable prose, referred to “Jordan’s King Hussein and the Iraq Question.”
When political issues become “Questions” it is normally time to hoof it. “Questions” are for policy advisors or standardized-test makers. New York Times op-ed writers cherish a meaty “Question.” But for the rest of us, and that includes politicians, “Questions” quite spoil a ripening day.
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