In 2001, Phillips was the first network correspondent to gain exclusive access to CAG 9, the elite Navy air wing, in preparation for the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

CNN: CNN Profiles - Kyra Phillips - Correspondent

You want a more centrist Republican alternative, more or less exactly like the option that John McCain offered as a candidate during the 2008 presidential election, but which you, a self-styled centre-right newspaper, rejected in favour of Barack Obama, who thus far seems to be the most left-wing American president since the second world war.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Democrats, trade unionists, anti-war protesters and the left-wing media in general had far too loud a voice, in his opinion.

ECONOMIST: Robert Bartley

Thousands of people have been killed in Colombia, a country of nearly 40 million people, in 38 years of war between the leftist rebels and the government and right-wing paramilitaries.

BBC: Colombian rebels call off truce

Kennan gave counsel to the Administration during the Korean War, and was instrumental in setting up the covert-operations wing of the Central Intelligence Agency.

NEWYORKER: Getting Real

John McCain, for instance, has used his position on the Senate Commerce Committee to wage war on Clear Channel, a company whose radio stations broadcast Rush Limbaugh, a right-wing talking head who has in the past lambasted Mr McCain.

ECONOMIST: Politicians should be kept out of regulation