For now, the administration's actions to boost farm subsidies (albeit to levels still lower than in Europe) speak louder than loftywords about cutting them.
For all the loftywords about accountability, did the drafters of our public-disclosure laws really intend them to be used by activist groups to get people fired for holding unfashionable views?
But even if the ideas are clear and the words crisp, an inaugural address can be deemed "great" only if it is followed by actions that make good on its loftywords.