Mr Cline's great virtue is his breadth of view and his ability to avoid extreme positions without sounding wet.

ECONOMIST: Poverty in America

This breadth of view, so welcome in itself, has unfortunate consequences when not matched by stringency in argument and a feel for political detail.

ECONOMIST: The morals of intervention

The leading advocates of this view of executive power, unprecedented in its breadth, were David Addington, a former vice-presidential counsel (now chief of staff to the vice-president), John Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer (now back in academia), and Alberto Gonzales, the former White House counsel, now attorney-general.

ECONOMIST: George Bush's climb-down over the Geneva Conventions

The Church of Scotland said the report described the breadth of theological opinion that existed but did not represent the considered view of the Church.

BBC: Church of Scotland to debate gay minister issue

The Church of Scotland has said the report describes the breadth of theological opinion that exists but does not represent the considered view of the Kirk.

BBC: Lorna Hood