If it only featured topics a bit sexier than financing for the Millennium Dome, or the state of the Euro, C-SPAN's coverage of "Question Time" could easily be in the same league as the Jerry Springer Show. With the sarcastic insults hurled by the various guests, the hooting and hollering from the gallery, and the host trying to keep --at least the appearance of-- order, it's perfect fodder for a sensational talk show. It's ironic that in America, birthplace of trashy daytime TV, the uncommonly dull congressional broadcasts are overshadowed by the truly entertaining British House of Commons.

Thomas Rogers