Quote of the Day

"If the freedom of the press makes some Americans uneasy, it is anathema to the ideologists of terror."
--NY Times editor Bill Keller and LA Times editor Dean Baquet, in an excellent joint editorial explaining their decisions to publish the controversial bank finance spying story

NY Times Op-Ed: When Do We Publish a Secret?

Of course, the idea of two journalists being forced to defend the basic idea of freedom of speech on this particular holiday weekend does speak volumes about how far we've come (or regressed?). It's worth reading in full, though. Lest we forget why the Founders were really fighting for when they signed that Declaration 230 years ago.

Hint: I doubt it was for the idea of a 'unitary Executive' empowered by continuous war.

[Related editorial from the editor of Time magazine:
No One Gets a Blank Check]