John Ashcroft's Amerika

From two different people today I heard the same thing: George Bush alone is not responsible for the direction of American governance. This is, of course, true and I'll have more to say on it later.

For the time being though I wanted to share an article on one of Bush's minions. From The Boston Phoenix comes this article about John Ashcroft's goals for American democracy. The contention is that The Patriot Act is less dangerous than other less publicized assaults on fundamental rights and liberties.

The link comes via TalkLeft which provides a good introduction to the much longer Boston Phoenix article.