As a kid, I was fascinated by science fiction shows.

I loved the original Star Trek series a lot, especially City on the Edge of Forever, just superb writing in that one. (Even though Harlan Ellison still maintains his script got mangled.)

But my big love back then was Dr.

Featuring new videos from Antoine DuFour and Tommy Gauthier, followed by Bobi Wine.

The time off has certainly done Sarah Palin a world of good. Unencumbered by feigning interest in her old job , Palin has cracked open the books and unleashed those mad research skills…

I wondered how long we’d have to wait after the Time Bush/Cheney legacy article a coupla weeks ago before there was crossfire.

Lo, and behold. Shooter fires back using Barton Gellman as a conduit for carefully worded scattershots. (yeah, bad pun.)

Anyone else feel like the whole fricking nation is stuck in an angry Alanis Morrisette song with those two just certain their 15 minutes never, ever ends?

More fun with

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom (England), and even Venezuela. What do all these developed first order modern countries have in common?They abolished the death penalty. Conspicuously absent of course is the United States. We are the only country in the Americas, whether North or South, that utilizes the death penalty in anything other

The first installment of this three-part series on the origins of the Mitchell-Jessen torture program concentrated on the insufficiency of reducing our understanding of the spread of torture during the Bush administration to the interventions of just two men. This is essentially the way the story was presented in a 12 August New York Times article by Scott Shane, leaving the question unanswered:

The Republicans came at Obama with a barrage of lies in September ’08, and he beat them. Does that mean he can do it again now?

Well, America. . . Rachel. . . you won’t Dick Armey to Kick around anymore.

In a town hall meeting with his constituents, Senator Conrad pushed his co-operative plan, and said that he would vote against the public option in any Senate health care package.

I’ve just been told that my panel will be broadcast live on C-Span this afternoon. It will begin sat 3 pm ET. Thought folks would want a heads up.

[Christy will be on the panel with Rep. Jerry Nadler, Nan Adler, Doug Kendall, And Thomas Saenz.]