in commondreams.org from yesterday’s LA Times: Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft’s Hellish Vision by Jonathan Turley. “The proposed camp plan should trigger immediate congressional hearings and reconsideration of Ashcroft’s fitness for this important office. Whereas Al Qaeda is a threat to the lives of our citizens, Ashcroft has become a clear and present threat to our liberties.” It’s alternatively sad, confusing, and outrageous that Ashcroft isn’t a totally marginal character well outside the mainstream of American political life.

is this story not controversial: FCC OKs Sharing of Phone Company Customer Data? A quote: “Telephone companies will be allowed to share, without consent, private customer data with affiliates that offer communications-related services, under rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday.” On what planet is that NOT an outrage?

: A Magical Visit to the Enchanted Land of the Free Market. Bingo.

to come out with statements about the current corruption scandals that have gripped American business in the past few months, but even very neutral articles from the wires note Bush’s credibility problems on this issue. I think they should just come right out and declare War on Corporate Malfeasance. To go along with the war on drugs and the war on terrorism. It’s clear that the corporate class are as much a threat to American values and the US constitution as terrorists or drugs.

that 2600 Magazine will not seek Supreme Court review of the DeCSS decision. It seems that they are still working on the issue, just not using this case as the framework in which it happens.