But partisan labels such as left-wing and right-wing are not much help when assessing this Supreme Court, or the spate of historic rulings that it issued in the usual end-of-term rush before the justices headed off for their summer breaks (conferences, the odd opera festival, a spot of teaching in some agreeable foreign spot).
As Tory activists gathered in Bournemouth for what Iain Duncan Smith regards as his make-or-break conference as leader, his newly appointed chairwoman, Theresa May, set the tone with a remarkable de nunciation of the party's past sins - still "unrepentant, just plain unattractive".
On Monday, governments will meet in Paris at a make-or-break conference in an attempt to forge a new global treaty, hopefully as effective and far-reaching as the Marshall plan, that would limit future carbon emissions and bring financial assistance to the poor who will be worst-hit by the effects of warming.
We discuss issues like "stop-the-clock" tenure policies, awards for those returning to the scientific workforce after a break, conference childcare, and so on.
"We hope this ground-breaking conference will result in concrete recommendations that will strengthen the ability of OIC member countries to improve the lives of individual children and, at the same time, fulfil our commitments to international conventions and to achieving the Millennium Development Goals".
They also broke a Conference record of 30 league games without a victory in the six months between a 4-1 win at Dartford in early October and the 3-1 win that relegated Ebbsfleet on the penultimate Saturday of the season.
Baylor University has retained its right to take legal action against Texas A&M if it leaves the Big 12 for the SEC and breaks its conference contract.
The Wildcats (3-5, 1-4 Big Ten) could have broken the conference record for scoring, but instead finished the game by kneeling down three straight times inside the Indiana 20.
Today many people are wondering about the future of the academy, an association of scientists, engineers and doctors that has 28,000 members worldwide and is known for its scholarly publications and ground-breaking conferences on subjects like AIDS and women in science, as well as for human rights campaigns for foreign scientists.
KA'DEEM CAREY With quarterback Matt Scott sidelined, the Arizona sophomore ran for 366 yards, breaking a Pacific-12 Conference record that had stood for 28 years, and 5 touchdowns, tying a conference record, in a 56-31 roft of Colorado.
As a news conference was breaking up on Sunday, somebody asked Steve Phillips for his name.
