Author: AF Editors

By Jan 27,2010

Obama: The sky is falling!

A few days ago, I took issue with my esteemed co-blogger for describing objections to the Citizens United ruling as unfathomable. Now let me turn around and challenge the rhetorical...

By Jan 27,2010

The Press Was Met

Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett met with direct resistance from David Gregory when she claimed that the president had turned the economy around: Let’s, let’s just remember where we were a...

By Jan 24,2010

Yglesias on liberal condescension

Matt Yglesias on Ben Bernanke: I note that liberals, in their condescension toward conservatives, sometimes wind up tying themselves into knots about guys like Bernanke. Bernanke is very smart and...

By Jan 24,2010

Obama will win in 2012

I’ll do my best to falsify that prediction, but I think it’s still the most likely outcome. I made this point two months ago. But in light of Scott Brown’s...

By Jan 24,2010

Can you blame soldiers for getting killed?

It sounds like a crazy question, but it’s coming from Andrew Exum, formerly an infantry officers and Army Ranger. Exum’s comments are a response to Leon Panetta’s insistence that no...

By Jan 23,2010

A sensible case against Citizens United

Sonny noted earlier that he literally cannot fathom objections to a Supreme Court ruling that strikes down restraints on freedom of speech. I’m no constitutional scholar, but let me try...