Author: AF Editors

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...

By Mar 04,2009

Stooping to Rush’s Level

In the clip below, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs does a pretty pathetic job of defending himself, and the president, against charges of hypocrisy for engaging in the sort of...

By Feb 27,2009

The Black Presidents Before Obama

Barack Obama was not the first African-American elected to the presidency. By my count, he was the seventh. It was just that he was the first nonfiction one. While pundits...

By Feb 26,2009

Sidestepping a New Malaise

Obama’s ongoing task is to honestly assess the place in which Americans find themselves, but he must do so in a way that does not boomerang on him, pulling the...