I came here hoping that Daily Kos was a bastion of intelligent left-wing political discourse.  Instead I have come to realize that it is more of a rah-rah progressive cheering section for whatever and whomever is the political flavor of the month.  Nowhere is this clearer than in today's diaries:  This is for you, Katie Couric and This is for you, Katie Couric, pt. 2.

I wouldn't call this a frustrated or angry realization.  I actually found those diaries so absurdly earnest and un-self-aware as to be actually funny.  But there's something disturbing about people who clearly view political science with the same sophistication as an Ohio State fan views the Final Four.

How much should you worry about airline terrorism?

Is it truly worth new, invasive, and highly inconvenient security measures?

Are we safer for throwing out our shampoo, or is this a false sense of security?

How does the risk of terrorism compare to the more mundane risk of a maintenance crew installing the wrong part, a pilot missing a landing in bad weather, or a controller clearing two planes to occupy the same space at the same time?

In North America, there has not been a single criminal fatality on board a commercial aircraft since Sept. 12, 2001.