Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?

GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.

George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.

Anyone who thinks there is anything Americans cannot or will not do has lost faith in the American people, and is unfit to lead them.

Once again, lawbreakers get a nice fat Christmas present, while the longsuffering voters get "nothing but hooks and some wire."

By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.

Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?

By thumbing their nose in the fact of the overwhelming majority of Americans, the Democrats are running a very serious risk.

Somehow, we have reached the point where we view democracy and elections as ends in themselves. But they aren't.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.