American assassinations, losing the moon, and the theater

"Here we are, almost four years later with a new party in power, and the President's top intelligence official announces - without any real controversy - that the President claims the power to assassinate American citizens with no charges, no trials, no judicial oversight of any kind."

THURSDAY NEWS:
* Why the plan to close Guantanamo backfired.
* Bad news for health care even if nothing gets done. And people still need better information.
* MGK on the campaign finance ruling.
* Tony Blair says he has no regrets over Iraq.
* Joel Achenbach asks, how did we lose the moon?
* Whoah. Examining the doors of time perception.
* Interesting read: rethinking the theater in our society.
* Jon Stewart takes on Fox News. On Fox.