No Laughing Matter

DeLay and Co. are doing their best to undermine the principles of democracy. No joke.

By Michael Tomasky
Web Exclusive: 04.19.05


I was in Morgantown, West Virginia, last weekend visiting my mom when a neighbor called, a local professional with whose son I played high-school baseball. He asked me what I was up to these days, and after I'd explained what the Prospect was and so forth, he said (paraphrasing): “Listen, I'd like to ask you about something. I guess some people might call me an extremist or something, but I think that this country is in very serious danger. “