Hey Wake Up! Both Parties Are Enemies of the People

by Adam Serwer — The American Prospect

Democrats Take a Pass on Civil-Liberties Reform

While we were busy fretting about Obama's Nobel, the Democrats dropped the ball on reforming Bush-era civil-liberties abuses.

For a minute, it almost looked like Democrats were going to put up a fight on the PATRIOT Act as it came up for reauthorization. With [...:]