Entertainment News: Janet Jackson was on David Letterman last night clearly not wanting to go into the whole "issue," but Dave basically forced her to do so -- it made him look like a bit of an ass. Kathy Griffin was amusing in her "D-List" stand-up show that aired on Bravo. And on the bittersweet movie front, you have God Said, "HA!" (Julia Sweeney shows the value of laughing since crying is harder, while talking about both her brother and herself getting cancer, one dying) on cable/video and Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself, another whimsical but serious tale from across the pond, and in theaters over here now.

On the sports front, the first official game of the baseball season (Yankee/Tampa Bay, Japan) was not quite worth getting up at 5AM EST to watch/listen (I caught the end at around 7:30), unless you were entertained by the 8-3 drubbing the Yanks got with one of their new relievers getting hurt for good measure. Tampa is the king of the world, for a day at least. [Update: They lost 12-1 the next day.] Finally, the season overview was supplied by my local paper, and the NY Mets was predicted to have about 75-82 wins ... a significant improvement that will require better defense than they are showing in the Grapefruit League.

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Dr. Rice Update/ The Bush Principle Upheld [My Discussion]; Liberal "Air America" radio starts tomorrow.

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Legal: A relatively minor border search ruling was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today, one in which even the lawyer who lost admits wasn't too serious. Of more importance, is an extension of the "protective sweeps" exception to the Fourth Amendment beyond arrests that the Fifth Circuit handed down recently. Thanks to a reader for pointing it out; my second thoughts on the matter can be found here. The Fifth is a sort of conservative Ninth, though less often the subject of such scorn. The Supreme Court also protected our privacy from conspiracy buffs wanting sensitive crime scene photos. Good reference to Greek mythology.