In Which Danny Channels Bill Clinton

"There is no spring election." — Danny Williams, on CBC Radio News, today.

"There is no sexual relationship." — Bill Clinton, 1998.

As Slick Willy went on to say, "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is."

There was a reason why witnesses in the McCarthy hearings were asked "Are you now, or have you ever been, a Communist?".

That reason is the multiplicity of verb tenses, and the tendency of lawyers to play with them.