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