Better cast a host of formidable sighing actors.

But surely regulatory fights aren't the only symptom of cronyism? Corporate welfare and private-public revolving doors are at least as symptomatic of Dems as of Reps.

Yeah there is nothing in a Disney channel show to compare with that Bo Jangles stair dance.

God Bless you, sir and/or madam.

Too soon, too soon.

Disliked because IB would never steal a Ship from a Mind. Drones only!

Man, those Vulcan plays! I swear they only had one good season the whole seven years I was on the station.

I think it could probably be argued that it was a way to keep the aristocracy in line, though I think some of the eventual complaint was that the aristocracy was a little too willing to keep deformed children around as with Claudius.

There was also Sisko's wife, who may not count in terms of audience continuity but certainly counts for character and narrative for all the episodes dealing with that loss.

Pedant Voice:
It was a rarely exercised right and legally limited, the Pater Familias couldn't kill a member of the family without going into committee with the other senior members of his household, for instance. So different both by practice and in foundation. I can totally see that to a Roman mind a terrible…

It's just cutting right beneath the bell curve to the other short end of the stick.

I upvoted just because we do have a lot to be happy about!

It means he got a degree from a liberal arts school, can't you grok the semiology here?