Tuesday evening roundup

It's little consolation to anyone that the Russian government is transparent about its brutality.

It's not little consolation when the plane you're on turns out to be just fine, in spite of an earlier announcement to the contrary.

How much does it scare you that lots of people are taking investing advice from Glenn Beck?

The term "Kafkaesque" can be overused, but it describes nothing if not this.

Also: Ron Paul makes sense; bigots building near Ground Zero incur no outrage; the Onion captures it all.