Must read: "The focus on water-boarding misses the main point of the program. Which is that it was a program." (I said it before, and now that it's a hot topic again, I'll say it again: if you're not outraged by the torture issue, I can't understand why not.)

THURSDAY NEWS:
* Howard Kurtz on Obama's handling of the torture memos.
* Always a good read: LiveOnline transcript with Dan Froomkin.
* Obama's first 100 days, in pictures.
* Andrew Cohen on what's changed since Columbine.
* Matt Frei on American partisan madness.
* "A molecule that until now existed only in theory has finally been made."
* Closing in on an answer as to why moon dust is sticky. Great read!
* Hey, keen: science documentaries are big hits at the box office.
* EW.com talks with Nathan Fillion. (Courtesy warmaster.)