Cynics

The Cynics were the disciples of Diogenes - and we all know that the only thing that Alexander, the most powerful man in Europe, had to offer the mendicant in his bath-tub residence was the sunshine his ample figure was obstructing.

In Quest of Happiness 2008

Cynics would say it is no surprise that these tough economic times would provide an excuse for legislators to gut the IEC.

Luis Toro: Ethics Commission Staff Wrong Place for Cuts Luis Toro 2011

Cynics might be forgiven for concluding that the renewed appetite for life and football shown by Torres since the return of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's manager five games ago, exemplified by a pair of goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, might owe less to the positive effect of regime change at Anfield than to rumours reaching the Spanish striker's ears of the possibility of a relocation to west London.

Bid for Fernando Torres shows Chelsea's strengths and weaknesses | Richard Williams 2011

Cynics might have seen the concession to Big Meat coming when a report from a USDA-contracted researcher that asserted that MRSA, a dangerous staph bacteria that has become resistant to some antibiotics, kills more Americans per year than AIDS "disappeared" from the National Agricultural Library website last summer with no explanation, says reporter Tom Philpott.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably! Martha Rosenberg 2012

Cynics might be forgiven for concluding that the renewed appetite for life and football shown by Torres since the return of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's manager five games ago, exemplified by a pair of goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, might owe less to the positive effect of regime change at Anfield than to rumours reaching the Spanish striker's ears of the possibility of a relocation to west London.

Bid for Fernando Torres shows Chelsea's strengths and weaknesses | Richard Williams 2011

Cynics will be wary of instilling such careerism into kids as young as 11.

The school that is open for business 2012

Cynics would say that's a politician's way of managing expectations -- and Buckingham's own ego.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

Cynics would say it is no surprise that these tough economic times would provide an excuse for legislators to gut the IEC.

Luis Toro: Ethics Commission Staff Wrong Place for Cuts Luis Toro 2011

Cynics might say that this has something to do with the fact that Brockman has a reputation as an agent who can extract massive advances from publishers.

John Brockman: the man who runs the world's smartest website 2012

Cynics may feel they have heard that before, yet City insiders insist that a major three-year splurge was always the plan in order to take the club from 14th in the Premier League to the Champions League places.

Champions League draw prompts Manchester City to focus on new rules 2011