[afraidfortherepublic]

That is headlinespeak. It is perfectly permissible to eliminate articles (such as the, a, an) from a title, or subtitle to make it fit on one line.

[allmendream]

Not sure of the cost vs benefit on that one. Dropping three letters doesn't make up for much space, and the sentence sounds clumsy (to me) that way.

But the woman has an amazing ear for the language and a talent for the coining and turning of a phrase, so I defer to her *usually* good judgment.