It's Star Trek weekend at NRO, fellow Trek geeks! And, of course, the commentary has a certain political bent to it.
BTW, don't make too much fun of James Lileks for flubbing the name of the most popular old-school Trek episode ever. :-)
His error, however, is partially redeemed by this line:
[S]ome people only understand a photon torpedo up the dorsal vent port, and we’d best be prepared to deal with them.

