AFF's Doublethink

The contrast between the “hardheadedness” of the Bush administration and the fresh look approach of Obama is predicated on the claim that the former twiddled its thumbs while Rome burned. But the world’s problems aren’t proving particularly amenable to the Obama approach either.

From escort to White House correspondent, the self-styled “Voice of the New Media” abides. (From the print edition.)

He’s for getting out of Iraq. He wants to dissolve government agencies. But what about gays in the military, or in marriage?

Ann Coulter isn’t just a schoolyard bully; she’s a conservative comedian.

Gay marriage advocates do their cause injustice when they sacrifice democratic principles just to reach success.

Virginia Senator George Allen’s loss earlier this month to Jim Webb was more than just a win for the Democratic Party, which needed Allen’s seat to gain a majority in the Senate. It was a victory for decency over boorishness.

It may be that no other college or university can claim as eccentric and balkanized a conservative subculture as Yale’s. A major reason has to do with the Yale Political Union and the legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr.

Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi’s unabashed support for the actions of religious fascists ought to have signaled to even the most credulous of admissions officers that he was unfit.