Transcript: Senator Ron Wyden. Nov 15th 2005

His Water Bill, funding for the Columbia River channel. Taking away the tax breaks for the oil companies. Habeas Corpus rights for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court, Alito.
 

Written on November 15, 2005 | Posted in Radio Show, Transcripts | Comments Off| Read More »

Losing Habeas Corpus – “A More Dangerous Engine of Arbitrary Government”

The oldest human right defined in the history of English-speaking civilization is the right to challenge that “power of the executive” through the use of habeas corpus laws. Habeas corpus is roughly Latin for “hold the body,” and is used in law to mean that a government must either charge a person with a crime [...]

Written on November 13, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

They Thought They Were Free

Book by Milton Mayer
Review by Thom Hartmann, originally published at buzzflash.com on November 7, 2005.

Written on November 6, 2005 | Posted in Books | Comments Off| Read More »