Author: AF Editors

By Feb 15,2010

Bayh-Bayh, Evan

Pete and Patrick have already posted on Evan Bayh’s retirement from the Senate. Yet the responsibility falls on me to employ one of the most obvious and predictable puns of...

By Feb 11,2010

Afghanistan: Gorbachev's delusional history

William linked earlier to a Gorbachev op-ed, available in translation from worldmeets.us. Based on the lessons of the Soviet experience, Gorbachev recommends a political settlement and withdrawal of troops. And...

By Feb 09,2010

Dreams from my mother

We’re snowed in here in Washington DC. The government will shut down tomorrow for a second consecutive day. Tomorrow night, we’re expecting another storm. One of the nice things about...

By Feb 08,2010

Snow days are evil

Not completely evil. I dialed in to a two-hour conference call from home, which meant I could visit the refrigerator at lunchtime instead of waiting until the call ended to...

By Feb 06,2010

What good are the Democrats?

That’s the question in big, bold letters on the cover the new New Republic. What TNR’s editors mean by that is what a lot of liberal writers have been saying...