Messrs Mann and Ornstein resist the temptation to look at congressional history through rose-tinted spectacles.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

This is no trip down memory lane, no backwards glance through rose-tinted spectacles, but an evening walk on Bryher in the Scilly Isles.

BBC: The last piece of England

"I think we would be looking at the world through rose-tinted spectacles if we thought it didn't go on, " he said.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

Today, with Katrina-tinted spectacles, America wants to prepare but must wait at the end of a long line for its supplies.

ECONOMIST: Avian influenza

Unless Mr Hague can improve his image, he is in danger of reaching the position that whatever he says or does is interpreted through twit-tinted spectacles.

ECONOMIST: Twitchy times for William Hague