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

Toward a Bioethics of Love

My sister’s genetic disorder is too unusual to have a name. If it seems like the person I’m talking to won’t understand a medical description—grand mal seizures, nonverbal, severe-to-profound mental...

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...