Lost in translation

I hate giving The Journal Gazette attention so early in the week, but its Political Notebook writers brought up something too good to pass on. It seems Gov. Mitch Daniels challenged some reporters' cultural literacy when he said the General Assembly had played defense more than offense in what turned out to be a "Hippocratic session":

The latter phrase had some bleary-eyed reporters confused when they went to write stories only hours after the session ended at 1 a.m. And even several Daniels staffers couldn't adequately explain what he meant.

For the record, Daniels meant that the General Assembly had done no harm.

Daniels didn't exactly go Bobby Knight on reporters ("Most people learn how to write in the First Grade, then move on to other things"), but he came close: “I was trying to be economical with my words. I thought about it, but I thought,