Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown is the best show on TV. (And Sunday's Vietnam episode was the best of the season so far.) Discuss.

Frankly Curious: Obama was always a milquetoast.

Lance Mannion: Nixon's ghost, our long national nightmare.

Infidel753: The problem with anarchy/libertarianism.

Rising Hegemon: The still un-enlightened Catholic Church.

And speaking of the best, this time music, there's reason to be excited about the forthcoming album from the great Steven Wilson.

Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction. (Twitter: @mjwstickings.) I'll be here all week.

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