Charles Krauthammer writes about the perverse logic put forward by the Attorney General as a justification for trying KSM in a civilian court, but trying other terrorists in front of military tribunals. I pity anyone who has to serve on the jury for this trial.

Despite the fact that polling data shows a majority of Americans are against the health care reform bill (at least to the extent that they understand it), Majority Leader Reid has scheduled an initial vote on the bill for tomorrow night. I stand by my initial prediction that nothing of substance will pass (and it still has a long way to go, as there will be more than one vote in the Senate, there is the possibility of a filibuster that could stall action indefinitely, and even if they can get something that will get 60 votes, they then have to reconcile it with the House). If something does pass I expect the negative aspects of the new law will be more visible and more quickly discerned than anything positive, which will drive even more people to vote against the Democrats in 2010. Jay Cost highlights one of the most important negative aspects of the bill, which is the fact that Medicare spending will be cut substantially. Cost believes, as a political matter, the Democratic leaders have gone mad.

Even though I disagree with Paul Krugman on many issues, check out this column. Krugman asserts that the way in which the Feds bailed out Wall Street to avert a complete financial meltdown was such a sweetheart deal for the bankers that the average voter no longer trusts government (if they ever did) to solve the problem. I think his political analysis on this question is exactly correct.

Here is a plea for Moon colonization, now that NASA scientists have discovered water in sufficient quantities on the Moon's surface. I agree entirely. If our species is to survive, we must not keep all our eggs in one basket.