And so the weekly ritual began: the armchair analysis of voting patterns for "American Idol" flowed from the living room onto the Internet.

Ballmer continued his armchair sociological analysis:

He speaks in a mumble, an impediment from childhood that invites armchair analysis because his life, from the beginning, has been marked by betrayal.

Pardon the armchair analysis.

The Senator's private life became the subject of endless scrutiny and armchair analysis.

The armchair analysis was that these were conservative clothes for conservative times.

By an armchair analysis of such an adventure, Quine argues that it is impossible to construct a unique translation that can be defended as better than all others.

Cook's assessment of Sandy's emotional life has the incomplete feel of armchair analysis, and once she heads home, she's never discussed again.

Part of the show's lure is the chance to indulge in armchair analysis.

At home, Mrs. Chamberlain spent years in an unwanted limelight, an easy target for every sort of snap judgment and armchair analysis.