"There's jokes on Capitol Hill that today is another day that Susan Collins is 'concerned.'" said Casey Burgat, a professor of legislative affairs at George Washington University.

And in The Boston Globe, Christopher Muther recalled someone’s awkward attempt to turn his cruise ship into a love boat: “One night, a female passenger began getting handsy with me, so I informed her that she was barking up the wrong homosexual.” (Eric Van Loon, Concord, Mass.)

The National Institutes of Health directive to cap "indirect costs" for medical research grants drew swift criticism.