Nothing to do with the content of this piece, but I am curious about grammar in the headline. Part of the headline says “Because Abu Ghraib” instead of “Because of Abu Ghraib”.
I have been seeing such construction a lot lately, e.g., “because science” instead of “because of science”. Is that some sort of internet meme? Why is the word “of” dropped?
Good question.
“It’s a usage, in other words, that is exceptionally bloggy and aggressively casual and implicitly ironic.”