His recent appearance on the Colbert Report included a diatribe against e-books.

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One poem from 1899 comprises a diatribe against media intrusion titled The Press, which was one of Kipling's pet hates, echoing present day worries.

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It's not a diatribe against higher education.

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According to The Washington Post, a few days prior the Kozyrev remarks in Stockholm, a Russian representative to the International Monetary Fund threw one of the organization's executive committee meetings into turmoil when he launched into a diatribe against the West's sanctions on Serbia.

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