Author: AF Editors

By • Oct 02,2009

Brooks declares war on talk radio

David Brooks’ column this morning is a guns-blazing assault on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and the rest of the conservative talk radio-sphere. As Pete noted earlier, Brooks also...

By • Sep 22,2009

The old media are the new media

Terry Teachout revisits the late 1940s, when television was the new kid on the block and big radio was headed over a cliff like a corporate lemming: Everybody in America...

By • Sep 21,2009

A live boy or a dead girl

Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards famously said “The only way I can lose is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.” Well, it looks...

By • Sep 21,2009

The J Street Davids vs the AIPAC Goliath

That’s the story being sold by last week’s NYT Magazine. It’s the kind of story J Street will probably excerpt heavily in its fundraising materials. But sending out the full...