His pungent commentaries on the Iraq war, in particular, have been one of the few bright spots in this very dark time.
Mr. Brinkley, whose pungent commentaries, delivered with a mixture of barely concealed skepticism and succinct candor, achieved a number of firsts, including writing and serving as the host for one of the earliest television news magazines, "David Brinkley's Journal," in the early 1960's.
That article, titled "The Devil and Saint Ann's," illustrated Mr. Bosworth's penchant for pungent, provocative commentary.
The movie doesn't disguise its left-wing sympathies with the protesters, and it is bolstered by pungent political commentary from talking heads including Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine; the author Naomi Wolf; and Heidi Boghosian, director of the National Lawyers Guild.
The songs (including "When You Wish Upon a Star," "They All Laughed," "Lost in the Stars," "That's Entertainment," "Some People" and "For All We Know") work as pungent running commentary to her stories.
In a more ephemeral genre, that of political reflections couched in clear, pungent style, Walter Lippmann composed models of commentaries on politics and ethics.
Connie Schultz of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland won the Pulitzer for commentary, for what the board called "her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and the underprivileged".
Professor Craig Wright: Pungent.
Her reaction was pungent.
