Brian Anderson has a long, but frightening essay in today's Journal about the steady deterioration of our First Amendment rights to free speech under the steady pressure of campaign finance "reformers," spending millions of their own money to ensure that we won't be able to express our political opinions on line.

If we don't do something to arrest this, the political blogosphere will be shut down by the election season of 2008. I, for one, say that they'll take away my keyboard from my cold, dead fingers.

About now, I'm sure Rep. Blunt would like to get rid of the blogosphere.

Finally, a satire I can concur with. Now, about that used F-15 Mark Whittington is looking for. . .

As far as this being a leftie crusade, Kos would disagree.

A DLC crusade? Maybe.

Not everyone on the left is in favor of it, but there are very few on the right who are (I can't think of any, off hand--I can think of some Republicans, like McCain, but not conservatives). It's largely driven by groups like Common Cause and (I think) PFA.