A quote in a New York Times story that The N&O used in print inspired my latest idiom research. Here is how the quote appeared early in the editing at The N&O:

"It's a corporate problem," said Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who has been particularly critical of BP's operations in Alaska and will lead the House committee hearing. "Their mentality is to get in the foxhole and button down the hatch. It just seems there is this pattern."

The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) received some attention in the news media and from the justice system recently. Two members of TEAL, which makes a crusade of correcting errors on public signage, have been banned from national parks after vandalizing a historic sign at the Grand Canyon. Read a news story about it here.

I heard about this incident from Friday night's "Worst Person" segment on MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann." If you can stomach Olbermann's liberal bent, click on the embedded video below.