Bang the Drum

Note: this is guest-blogged by my 13-year old daughter, who came home today in a huff after tussling with friends and peers at school over such diverse subjects as the Iraq war, warrantless wiretapping, Election 2008, and illegal immigration all in the span of a 90-minute PE class. I asked her to blog it [...]

Hats off to Senator Chris Dodd for doing what his constituents have called upon him to do by vowing to block the FISA bill as long as it grants immunity to the telephone companies for their complicity in illegal wiretaps.

The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas Corpus. Torture. [...]