Author: AF Editors

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...

By May 29,2009

The Hipster Health Care Revolution

Dr. Jay Parkinson might seem like your typical young Brooklynite–he’s on Twitter, voted for Obama, dabbles in photography, and attends the SXSW music festival. But he’s also heading up what...

By May 27,2009

The New Dominion Blues

“I certainly agree that Northern Virginia has gone more Democratic,” John McCain’s campaign aide Nancy Pfotenhauer said on MSNBC in mid-October 2008. But, she continued, Virginia was going to vote...

By Apr 01,2009

NATO at 60: One for All?

As NATO meets for its 60th anniversary in Strasbourg-Kehl this weekend, it has a lot on its plate: war-fighting, peacekeeping, piracy, and more. But the problem for today’s NATO lies...

By Mar 17,2009

Quotation of the day

From a man who knew his business, James Matheson of Jardine, Matheson & Co. — one of the original opium runners and hence founders of Hong Kong: “The Gazelle was...