Things to read about the state of our diminshed democracy

The holidays and wrapping up of 2005 have kept me from posting in the detail. I use del.icio.us to categorize my blog posts, and articles of interest.

Here's what's new since my last post. I hope to comment on some. Otherwise, do check them out.

• NPR : Political Cartoonists Cast an Eye Back on 2005
• Night Light: democrats: losers or victims?
• Boing Boing: Experiment to see if your mail is being tapped by the gov't
• Nina Burleigh: God and Christmas: Part Two | The Huffington Post
• Officials: Muslims subject to secret searches for radiation - Dec 23, 2005
• Wiretaps said to sift all overseas contacts - The Boston Globe
• Daschle: Congress Denied Bush War Powers in U.S.
• Salon.com - Daou Report
• New York Police Covertly Join In at Protest Rallies - New York Times
• Critics Question Timing of Surveillance Story - Los Angeles Times
• NPR : Justifications More Troubling Than Spying Itself
• Rep. John Conyers: The Constitution in Crisis: Censure and Investigate Possible Impeachment | The Huffington Post

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