Friday digest

- The United States Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday voted to apply the protections afforded by the United States Constitution to Gitmo detainees.

No doubt al-Qaeda is going to put down their bomb-loaded backpacks, reconsider their violent brand of political Islam and apologize for 9/11 after this generous bit of outreach.

- Why isn't the microscope being applied to the Democratic front-runner? Could you imagine if the sitting President had refused to release his college transcripts in 2000? The mainscream media would be all over him.

- A couple of lengthy but worthwhile pieces on two topics that are getting a fair bit of ink these days, often at the same time: Cuba and health care.