How can every pundit on Cable TV talk endlessly about the fate of the dollar without ever even mentioning the balance of payments?

FORBES: QE2, Trade and Black Box Economics

Better banking supervision and risk management - all the reforms we talk about endlessly here in the UK to strengthen the financial system - will be one part of making the world a safer place, in rich countries and emerging ones like Brazil.

BBC: IMF follows the money in Brazil

As we talk about it endlessly, we sometimes suspend judgement on the point and impact of reshuffles - Saturday's Guardian tried to fill the gap.

BBC: The hope and despair of waiting for that reshuffle call

As Andrew Neil put in on today's Daily Politics "Nothing gets us more excited than a cabinet reshuffle: we talk about it endlessly, even though we know nothing at all".

BBC: The hope and despair of waiting for that reshuffle call

They bloviated endlessly on talk shows, explaining why their favored candidate would win, and how he would do it.

FORBES: The Election is Over, and the Math Geeks Won.

He might eventually secure a talk show, or an infallible sitcom, or simply tour endlessly.

NEWYORKER: Boyz II Man

Politicians argue endlessly about income tax rates, but we rarely hear them talk about whether we should even have such a tax.

FORBES: Let the Income Tax Die at Age 100