For the unions, however, it is not simply a matter of sour grapes or settling the score for the failure of national Democratic leaders to step up to the plate.

FORBES: Unions To National Democratic Politicians: Who Needs You?

But the Bishops expressed a righteous fury over what they perceive to be the opportunistic score-settling of authorities in Massachusetts.

NEWYORKER: A Loaded Gun

It may be that American forces were, again not for the first time, unwitting instruments for Afghan score-settling.

ECONOMIST: Another blow to the war to win hearts and minds

The rancid hypocrisy of publicity-hungry prosecutors and score-settling baseball operatives shafting targets through selective leaks must be stopped.

FORBES: Magazine Article