The new sitcom from Armando Iannucci (In the Loop), Veep, debuted on HBO last night. It's hilarious. Led by Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the decidedly non-Palin-esque Vice President of the United States, Selina Meyer, the cast has a kinetic energy that feels equally reminiscent of Christopher Guest's factory and Broadcast…

Famous Victorian-era crime-solving butler Tony Blair is answering for the fact that he lied his country into Iraq without Bush's excuses (being stupid and messianic). Armando Iannucci compared the inquiry to Mad Men so you should blog about it.