Combating Classitis with Cascades and Sequential Selectors
http://www.cssnewbie.com/combating-classitis/

Glazebrook, Rob L.
CSSnewbie
2008

Abstract:

There is a disease out there in the CSS world. It can afflict anything from the meanest weblog (or the nicest ones too, I suppose) to the greatest of corporate websites. It’s called Classitis, and I’ve encountered it far too often in my professional work. Perhaps you’ve seen it too.