Sometime yesterday, the estimated population of the United States crawled above 297,900,000. This means, reports the Census Bureau via the New York Times, that sometime in October the 300 millionth American will be born. And while there’s no way we can actually know which bundle of joy will have been the round number, it’s likely that news organizations, magazines, the makers of TV movies, and ghost memoirists will seize upon some lucky toddler and turn…

When dealing with terrorism, national security, top secret intelligence officers and the like, Washington, D.C., is typically the setting for high-stakes drama. But the folks over at Fox, with their hit show “24” seem to ignore us. They’re fixated on Los Angeles as the nexus of all things terror. Granted, in real life, LAX has been targeted by terrorists, but last night when “24” characters were talking about someone or something being shot or blown…