The American left has been decrying the end of free speech, freedom of expression and civil rights under President George W. Bush's "police state" ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, led to the passing of the Patriot Act. Columnists like Paul Krugman have publicly fretted that they could be sent to Gitmo. […]
Former Sen. Fred Thompson today dropped his presidential bid. Thompson entered the race in September 2007, more than half a year after most of his rivals. That, along with a luckluster start to his campaigning, doomed the actor and Tennessee Republican. I still haven't settled on a candidate, but Thompson was one of the ones […]