We shall fight on the beaches ...

A Sarah Palin e-mail sample: “We have to act quickly on this as predators are acting quickly and rural families face ridiculous situation of being forced to import more beef instead of feeding their families our healthy staple of alaskan game. Nonsense. Unacceptable - and not on my watch.” Riveting stuff, huh? Still, Winston Churchill's historic place as a master of weighty prose is probably still safe (even as he spins in his grave).