Saturday, September 30, 2006

Can You Believe This?

Congress is in the process of passing a law that will help religious fundamentalists to violate the US Constitution.

A Disquieting Editorial

A disquieting op-ed article by Robert Harris in today's NYTimes compares the present day United States to Rome in the time of Pompey and Julius Caesar. In both instances, a republic was panicked by power-mad politicians to yield absolute power. We know what happened to Rome. Will the same happen to the United States?

See the article.