Mixed bag

A few "must-reads" for the weekend:

The Nation warns that when Congress gets back to work on Monday (why do they get such a long Thanksgiving break anyway?), special attention must be paid to the Graham Amendment, which in essence eliminates the legal rights of Guantanamo detainees.
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Joe Conason of The New York Observer weighs in on the "culture of corruption" running rampant through the Republican party, and its latest poster-boy, California's "Duke" Cunningham.
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Mother Jones' Paul Rogat Loeb writes about a subject with which I'm all too familiar - the common dilemma of middle-aged workers who've fallen victim to greed-driven corporate "downsizing", leaving them to scramble for a meager existence at the very time they should be enjoying the fruits of a dedicated career.
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David Cole notes in the Los Angeles Times how the Administration's continued backing of torture as an interrogation tool "makes justice impossible."
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And don't forget to add your voice to the outcry against ongoing atrocities in the Sudanese region of Darfur.