Author: AF Editors

By Jul 18,2009

Elections in Mauritania. Who cares? You should.

Nice overview of the situation in yesterday’s WSJ: NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania’s elections Saturday following 10 months of military rule will mark a return to democracy — and determine whether...

By Jul 17,2009

Gay rights and the American elite

The cover story in the current issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine recounts the remarkable progress toward equality and acceptance that gay students have made at Yale over the past...

By Jul 15,2009

Platitudes!

Hillary Clinton gave her first big speech today as Secretary of State. To be fair, every politician fills his or her orations with an impressive array of insubstantial platitudes. But...

By Jul 01,2009

The GOP was doomed!

Analogies are flying. What year is this for Republicans? 1964? 1976? 1992? I think 1937 deserves more attention. I noticed this in a review of a book about FDR: Roosevelt...