In light of today's JFK bust, and the soon to come call for further restrictions on our constitutional rights and civil liberties in the name of the war on terror, I thought it would be a good evening to begin reading ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero's new book, In Defense of America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror, which he co wrote with award winning journalist Dina Temple-Raston.

I am really liking this book. First because it tells stories, as opposed to reciting statistics. Second, because of the way it is written, in succinct, non-rambling, straight forward sentences. There's new details I hadn't known about the NSA warrantless spy program, the John Walker Lindh case, and it's great to see the authors leave a lot of the legalese behind. This is not a book just for lawyers.

Do yourselves a favor and buy a copy. You won't be sorry.