Author: AF Editors
By • Jan 26,2009

Boehner vs. Boehner on bipartisanship

Yesterday: MR. [DAVID] GREGORY: Well, let me stop you there, because you say that you can’t borrow and spend…Doesn’t the government have to be the spender of last resort? REP....

By • Jan 26,2009

Stimulating something besides the economy

John Boehner: “How can you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives? How does that stimulate the economy?” Boehner’s office explained, One proposal included in the stimulus package would...

By • Jan 26,2009

Your Monday morning reading

Slate finally publishes something worthwhile in Ron Rosenbaum’s excoriation of my least favorite pop musician ever. The always-interesting John Derbyshire has a thoughtful review of a new book on art...

By • Jan 23,2009

Derek Zoolander's thoughts

Apropos this video: The other day, I was thinking about volunteering to help teach underprivileged children to learn how to read. And just thinking about it was one of the...

By • Jan 23,2009

A guest post from Marty Peretz

So our new president has tapped George Mitchell as Middle East envoy. The president is a good man. Mitchell too. But do either of them really believe this will amount...