Author: AF Editors

By Mar 16,2010

David Brooks, drama queen?

You wouldn’t expect it from such a moderate guy, but consider this, from Meet The Press: MR. [TOM] BROKAW: Let’s begin with you, if we can, David. There are lots...

By Mar 14,2010

Ulysses S. Grant, new Founding Father?

Are liberals and conservatives coming together to add President Grant to our pantheon of heroes? This morning, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz argues in the Times, Although slandered since his death,...

By Mar 14,2010

Another Hugo Chavez terrorist link

From the Times: An indictment this month from one of Spain’s top judges assert[s] that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basque separatists and Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela… Judge...

By Mar 14,2010

Rove's revisionism on Iraq

Peter Feaver has a very interesting post up about the assertion in Karl Rove’s new book that “if the administration had known the true extent of Iraq’s WMD stockpile and...

By Mar 10,2010

Another day in paradise

I mean that literally, unlike Phil Collins’ song about the plight of the homeless. I spent the past few days in Anse Marcel (photo above) on the Caribbean island of...

By Mar 10,2010

Sandra Bullock? Best actress? Seriously?

Sonny predicted she would win, calling it a “kind of lifetime achievement award”. Yet looking over Bullock’s filmography, I find it somewhat hard to identify the achievements. That said, Bullock...