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Spying on Americans: George Bush says its a good thing and he also thinks the president has the power to do it. DAVID COLE disagrees he teaches law at Georgetown and his new book is Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties for National Security. His new article in The Nation looks at the many ways President Bush has abused the power of his office.
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Also: gay cowboys and straight cowboys: JOHN POWERS will explain the difference — a talk about Ang Lees Brokeback Mountain and Tommy Lee Joness Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. John writes the On column for the LA Weekly, hes a commentator on NPRs Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
His book Sore Winners: American Idols, Patriotic Shoppers, and Other Strange Species in George Bush’s America is out now in paperback.
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And we”ll have our Washington political update with HAROLD MEYERSON. Harold is political editor of the LA Weekly, editor at large of the American Prospect, and op-ed page columnist for the Washington Post.
Plus: YOUR MINNESOTA MOMENT: neighbors of a state prison in suburban Minneapolis say they do NOT want a 12-foot security fence built they say the prisoners make good neighbors.
