Author: AF Editors

By Jun 25,2006

Lies and the First Amendment

My father has a favorite joke about politicians. If you see a politician raising his or her eyebrow, then you can be pretty sure that they are telling the truth....

By Jun 11,2006

Get rid of the high places

While Congress scampers to make new ethics rules in response to the Abramoff and Jefferson scandals, we see once again why the conservative answer to this problem is the libertarian...

By Jun 11,2006

The lesson of California-50

Are Democrats upset about being out of power? On Friday, C-SPAN viewers of the Yearly Kos convention in Las Vegas were treated to this rambling, 58-second question from a young...

By Jun 04,2006

Electronic voting is for the birds

We've grown accustomed to assuming that computerized devices are always better than older technologies. That's true of most devices, but it's probably not true of voting machines. When it comes...

By May 29,2006

George Clooney’s neocon moment

Though liberals like George Clooney won't want to admit their slide to a neoconservative foreign policy, they might not have a choice regarding Darfur.

By May 29,2006

One tune fits all

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is quickly becoming the Rockefeller of the music industry. Online music sales are exploding–almost tripling since last year–while overall album sales have declined 3.9 percent in...