And they have the Obama administration and the rest of the so-called "international community" right where such strategically minded folks with a gift for besting their interlocutors want them: Talking, seemingly endlessly.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama's all-hat-no-cattle diplomacy

While Greece dominates headlines with a 12.7% budget deficit and a 300 billion euro debt (as of early March 2010), the rest of the so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain) wallow in high debt levels as well, triggering further alarm about the future of the European Union.

FORBES: French Finance Minister Lagarde On The PIIGS

While some philanthropists rest on their laurels and the so-called conventional wisdom of business, entrepreneurial philanthropists are making positive impacts at large without restriction nor myopic thinking.

FORBES: Forces for Good: All Good is Not Created Equal

The latest gathering of the great and the good will look at the so-called West Lothian question, the right of MPs from the rest of the UK to vote on matters affecting England alone.

BBC: Another day, another commission on devolution

Because of his refusal to recognise the status of the so-called Super Series Test match in Sydney in 2004 between Australia and a Rest of the World XI.

BBC: Remembering the Bearded Wonder