The king is dead, and good riddance

We finally have some oversight in the legislative branch, and what do you know? They're showing a little spine, too:

House Panel OKs Rove, Miers Subpoenas
By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press writer

WASHINGTON, Mar 21, 2007 (AP) -- A House panel on Wednesday approved subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top White House aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

By voice vote, but with some "no" votes heard, the House Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law decided to compel the president's top aides to testify publicly and under oath about their roles in the firings.

Here's the rest.

Someone's finally standing up to King George.

Stan Laurel, Man of Letters

Here's an interesting site for fans of Stan Laurel (ie., all right-thinking people):

Starting with his early days in British vaudeville, where he worked with Charlie Chaplin, to his teaming with Oliver Hardy at Hal Roach Studios in 1926, Stan Laurel's talents proved him to be one of the all-time masters of comedy. He loved to make people laugh. He also loved to write letters. Lots of them. In fact, after the death of his long-time partner, it is estimated that Stan wrote several thousand letters!

Over the years, as the letter recipients have passed away, these letters through private sales, autograph and memorabilia shows, and auctions have scattered to all four corners of the world, where they now reside in scrapbooks, collector's albums or hang proudly on admirer's walls.

The Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project hopes to collect and catalog as many of Stan's letters as is possible, and make their content available to fans and researchers all around the world allowing everyone to better understand his life and celebrate his comedic genius.

It's well worth a look.