Author: David Adesnik

By May 12,2009

McCain and Gitmo: Which side is he on?

John McCain also promised, if he were elected president, to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. So now that Republicans are attacking Barack Obama for closing Gitmo, which side...

By May 11,2009

Is progress evaporating in Iraq?

Gen. Petraeus explains the situation to Chris Wallace: WALLACE: There is also growing violence in Iraq, amid signs that the Iraqi government is dropping some of the counterinsurgency tactics that...

By May 11,2009

Defending Star Trek

A film that got positive reviews from 95% of the critics hardly needs any help from me. But I thought it was notable that a few prominent critics disliked what...

By May 07,2009

Obama, herald of change

In the words of the certainly-not-conservative Jeffrey Rosen, Barack Obama is trying to split the difference on torture. He wants to move forward–no messy dwelling on the Bush-Cheney era–except that...