The first thing I did after last November’s election — after taking my
staff out for stiff drinks at the bar down the block, that is — was to
write out a check to the American Civil Liberties Union. This wasn’t a
radical act; I’d been a card-carrying member for years. It’s the least
a journalist can do. [read more]
– C.J. Janovy
Janovy’s thoughtful piece this week reveals an interesting concern from Dick Kurtenbach, the executive director of the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri. Kurtenbach is happy with the huge increase in ACLU membership since the flying monkey-boys took over Washington and passed the so-called patriot act, but he is also concerned. Speaking of the 150,000 member increase since September 11, 2001, Kurtenbach says, "There’s an opportunity here, but also a great challenge, I think, to
make sure that this burgeoning support buys into an ACLU agenda that is
broader than fear of government in the context of the war on terrorism."
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