Author: AF Editors

By Oct 08,2009

What does it mean to be non-partisan?

I just sent off a post to a listserv discussion about J Street and AIPAC.   After one AIPAC member described the organization as non-partisan, a critic shot back that AIPAC...

By Oct 07,2009

Used car salesman and pundit?

He is the demented comedian who gave us Uncle Sugar. He also analyzes public policy in his role as associate director of the Regulatory Studies Program at George Mason University....

By Oct 06,2009

Reading Bob Gates’ mind

Everyone wants to know what he’s thinking. If Gates says no more troops for Afghanistan, Obama can say “Why send more troops if George Bush’s secretary of defense says they’re...

By Oct 06,2009

Is McChrystal out of line?

Mike O’Hanlon says no. Eugene Robinson says, The men with the stars on their shoulders — and I say this with enormous respect for their patriotism and service — need...

By Oct 04,2009

Obama’s misleading scare tactics

Last month, I gave the President a hard time for denouncing GOP scare tactics, while relying on his scary stories to build support for his healthcare plan. On Monday, ABC’s...

By Oct 02,2009

Carl Levin’s Afghan flip-flop

Goldfarb has the goods. Four-and-a-half months ago, Chairman Carl Levin and eight other Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee signed a letter to President Obama that began We...