The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Judges as Plumbers: "Liberals may now be fearful of opposing mindless media hatred, but why are principled conservatives not aroused by imperial judges? The founders ensured freedom of the Fourth Estate as a check against the powers of all three branches of central government. Most states are doing their part. Pass that federal shield law before a judiciary on steroids throws Strike 3. "


Mr. Safire don't get it - Mr. Bush and the neocon's are not about governance. They are about power. It is about complete and total control by a few - and I'm not talking about political power. I'm talking about imperial kinds of power.