Sunshine Week! (It's not related to Spring Break)

Open Government is good government.

This is the second annual Sunshine Week — a bipartisan effort to encourage open government, protect the alarmingly eroding Freedom of Information Act, and to generally raise awareness that a population that is not vigilant about keeping its government from behind closed doors is asking to be kept in the dark.

Information is power, and it's important that we all let our government know that the ever-increasing levels of secrecy at the highest levels is not acceptable. "Being at war" is neither a good excuse for subterfuge nor a pleasant opportunity to take steps toward dictatorship. Check out the excellent Sunshine Week Web site to find ways we can all take action.

And remember — someone's always watching you, but who's watching them?