I've been waaaaay too busy these past few days with school and music-related stuff, but if I had been blogging, here are a few of the things I would have... [More]
March 3, 2008
March 4, 2008
Quote of the Day
From TPMmuck's latest on telecom immunity, Kurt Opsahl, one of the lawyers for the Electronic Freedom Foundation's lawsuit against AT&T: Above all, Opsahl said, it's important to realize that for... [More]
March 5, 2008
Turley on "Mukasey's Paradox"
Great op-ed from Jonathan Turley in yesterday's LA Times: The recent decisions of Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey to block any prosecution of Bush administration officials for contempt and to... [More]
March 17, 2008
Why Wiretapping Matters
Julian Sanchez has a must-read in yesterday's LATimes. In fact, its so good I'm posting it here in full for future reference: As the battle over reforms to the Foreign... [More]
Bits and Bobs
Economic blogging apparently took up most of my time today, so I'm going to have to roll up everything else into a single post. In no particular order: + Its... [More]
March 21, 2008
Obama, Clinton, McCain Passport Files Breached
This is insane: Confidential passport files of all three presidential candidates were improperly breached by State Department employees, a department spokesman said. The private data of Democratic Senators Barack Obama... [More]
Why The Passport Story Should Be Personal
Lest you think this passport story has nothing to do with you.... Time: Under new guidelines printed in the federal registry on January 9, the same day Obama's records were... [More]
Montana to DC: "Go To Hell! Thanks for Playing...Montana's Not In. Blah Blah Blah."
Go on guv! That's how you do it! Is it the beginning of a new Sagebrush Rebellion? The timing would be right... For more background, see Wired's Threat Level here... [More]
March 22, 2008
On Passports and Wiretaps
Laura Rozen is asking all the right questions in response to this NYT article on the passport controversy. First, NYT: State Department officials have blamed managers in the passport office,... [More]

