And Mad Julie Burchill on Desert Island Discs was a treat, from her still surprising voice to her still surprising opinions.
Laura Ingraham, radio host and author of "The Obama Diaries," voices surprising opinions of Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama's mother.
"When," as playwright Nick Dear once asked, "did you hear a musical with surprising opinions?" And the shows that defined the decade were Cats (1981), Starlight Express (1984), Les Misérables (1985) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986).
In his famous work, The Art of War, he offers surprising opinions about how to respect, annoy, and engage with one's enemies.
Nor is it surprising that opinion polls indicate that Russians have little faith in their courts.
With so many national governments mired in unpopularity and economic troubles, it was scarcely surprising that opinion polls in both countries started to turn against the treaty, even after Spanish voters had said yes in February 2005.
I simply have gone out and advocated, 'Give the man a chance.' " IT is not surprising that opinions of Mr. McBride as chief are so divergent.
It is not surprising that opinions can be altered, at least temporarily, by reading, but it is a necessary condition for addressing the question of whether search-engine manipulation can bias public opinion.
This is not surprising given that opinion polls suggest Hamas would suffer a heavy defeat in any elections held now.
There may be surprising diversity of opinion in the new and quite wild world of the Chinese blogosphere, but the mainstream channels of discourse are still managed directly by the Party.
