The big American Idol revelation.

Why not begin with the national anthem? It is American Idol. And it's at least as momentous as a baseball game. Is this the beginning? ...

Doctors, federalism and the Controlled Substances Act.

Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Oregon v. Ashcroft rejecting the "Ashcroft Directive," the Attorney General's p...

Why I want Kerry to pick John McCain for VP.

I keep thinking the old Joni Mitchell song "Carey"--listen here --and can see it would be easy to take the lyrics and do a song p...

Lithwick on O'Connor.

Dahlia Lithwick witnesses a luncheon appearance by Justice O'Connor and observes, "she seems to have no idea how extraordinary she...

Geek God.

Maybe--as discussed in Slate --the universe was created by some science nerd who never even got to see his own creation, let alone rule over...

Oh no! TiVo is making me watch commercials!

Here's some important technology research, reported by Mediapost : [R]esearch concludes that DVRs "recapture" TV commercial ex...

Kerry's embarrassing history lecture.

The Boston Globe reports John Kerry's response to criticism about his proposal to avoid accepting the nomination at the Democratic conv...