I was not raised with the anonymity of the big city. As a small town boy, I've had ample time now to reflect on the brave new world unleashed by the USA-PATRIOT Act.
Russ Feingold, the only Senator with the cojones to vote against it, lost his next election.
The lack of public uproar over the NSA focusing big ears on us all seems to telegraph that the panoptic state is the new normal.
Still, I keep thinking about the way things used to be....