As crude oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the sensitive ecosystem, the blame game has reached afevered pitch even before the well is capped and a prudent and thorough investigation takes place.
The spotlight on Apple's tax strategy comes at a time of fevered debate in Washington over whether and how to raise revenues to help reduce the federal deficit.
He has nominated a reasonably moderate character, John Roberts, as chief justice on the Supreme Court, despite all the fevered expectations on the left that he would plump for a hardline conservative.
The fevered buying is likely to continue as the economy grows and pushes more and more Brazilians to a level where they can afford a few small luxuries.