What to do about the polar bears? These lumbering, albion hued predators of the North are, it seems, up a certain creek with only a rapidly melting ice shelf for a paddle. As we are inundated by frightening and sad footage of polar bears pathetically paddling in the now endless arctic ocean, the federal government has stepped in.

It’s been an exciting few weeks in politics, and much of that excitement has been fuelled by a radical cleric recently featured heavily in the news, famous for his anti-American diatribes. Jeremiah Wright has provided no end of thrills and spills for his former congregant, Barack Obama.