Now that the writers are back to work, this seems as good a time as any to mention that I've become insanely addicted to "Lost."

And I've become addicted in a way that was impossible or unheard-of about a decade ago: I'm on a marathon binge watching the entire series on ABC's Web site.

The Sci Fi channel's reimagining of "Battlestar Galactica" is one of the smartest, most comprehensive takes on post-9/11 America that exists in popular culture. Where many of us have black-or-white, red-or-blue takes on the evolution of our politics since then, "Galactica" deals in shades of gray, wrestling with issues of civil liberties, torture and the rule of law without offering easy answers to the questions it raises.