David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register, who finds his fifteen minutes of fame every four years (I know the feeling), says there are many questions still unanswered as we draw closer to the Iowa caucuses. With the caucuses scheduled for January 3, so close to the Holidays, it is hard to predict what effect that will have on turnout. However, with exciting races in both parties, it may not have any effect.

Michelle Malkin says an armed female security guard ended one of those Colorado church shootings by killing the gunman.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown tells British troops that their war will soon be over. Abandoned by almost all of our allies, our troops will, meanwhile, soldier on.

Another deleterious effect of prolonged weightlessness is that it suppresses the immune system, and may simultaneously energize certain nasty microbes. A nasty problem for those who are planning our effort to build a moon base and send people to Mars. Of course the most elegant solution would be to provide artificial gravity to our astronauts.