Unfortunately, it’s likely going to be light posting for the first half of this week.

As for today, on the civil liberties front, there is a big showdown today over the FISA bill. Check out Glenn Greenwald for a rundown and ongoing coverage.

Update

As a follow-up to my earlier posts on the importance of morality and “moral talk” to the progressive movement, Media Matters has this item on the use of the “values voters” label. This media cliche’ is part of the problem.