This is the case that may deliver a knockout blow to business method patents, those patents that everybody from free-software zealots to conservative Republicans love to hate.

FORBES: Bilski May Take Down Business Method Patents With Him

Conservative satirists would love to toss some kryptonite at him, but he is a slippery target.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Several conservative politicians would love Mr Montezemolo to do so.

ECONOMIST: Watch out Romano Prodi, there's a Ferrari on your wheel

The centre-right government of Viktor Orban, which would love a pre-electoral seal of conservative approval from them, has introduced new religious holidays and promised new state money for churches.

ECONOMIST: Hungary

"I think grandparents are going to love it, because they tend to take a conservative approach, " says Raymond Loewe, author of New Strategies for College Funding.

FORBES: Pay Now, Learn Later

McCain feels that Giuliani's a frontrunner, everybody's in love with him, but when it comes to the conservative base - which is what everybody is after in the Republican primary - McCain feels that he's really up against Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.

NPR: Early Hurdles for Clinton, McCain?

Backbench Conservative MP Anna Soubry warned that "people throughout this country love and value our greenbelt land" and asked if the proposals would strengthen or weaken protection.

BBC: Minister: Planning changes 'sorely needed'

This incident brings to mind a lesser-known fact about the Hamptons: it's a place where conservative Wall Street tycoons have long co-existed with artists, many of whom love the delicate, ever-changing light that results from the region being almost entirely surrounded by sea.

BBC: Escape from New York

In order to appeal to the conservative Justices on the high court, the story of a booze-soaked quarrel was repackaged as a love story.

NEWYORKER: Extreme Makeover