This is a well written wake up call. The historical information lends credibility without complicating the message. Unfortunately it is the choir getting another charming serenade.

An incisive historical reminder from this great Pulitzer-winning author and activist. At 95 years old, he's still as sharp as a tack. He is to be cherished.

Nice historical piece.

a respected chronicler of underreported events in our social fabric puts the new policies into historical perspective. i recall the quote 'the more things change, the more they stay the same' as i read this. Mr. Terkel doesn't include the 'other' point of view as he clearly doesn't believe it has merit. it's good to be reminded of our own history, but that, unfortunately, doesn't often change the future.

This opinion piece offers the slant of the author (and the paper that published it). The idea that President Bush has somehow compromised our civil liberties is a total fiction. Residents of the U.S. have more civil liberties now than in any previous wartime. The author for some strange reason leaves out his calls for impeachment of Franklin Roosevelt, whose actions make his complaints in this distorted piece trivial in comparison. Good BDS; bad journalism; clueless about history.