Word of the Day

Condign: adj., deserved, adequate.

The WSJ Ed page says, in Chertoff's Penance: "It sounds like the man has actually thought about this, which is more than most of Congress has done. Rather than replace [Michael Chertoff] with some other punching bag, a more condign punishment for Katrina would be to insist that he stick around and finish the job".

Second Bush Administration Posted by John Kranz at February 17, 2006 1:38 PM