Author: Sonny Bunch
By Sonny Bunch • May 21,2008

The Careful Man's Peachy Punch

In my review of Kingsley Amis’s Everyday Drinking for the Washington Times, I reference ‘The Careful Man’s Peachy Punch.’ For those intrepid enough to read me both at the Times...

By Sonny Bunch • May 21,2008

What's the Matter with Frank?

So there I was, reading the Wall Street Journal, and what do I see? Thomas Frank attacking AF, the organization that so kindly pays me to write this humble weblog,...

By Sonny Bunch • May 21,2008

The Race Is Over…

…but only because the media says that it’s over. Here’s the thing about Obama’s much-vaunted majority of the pledged delegates: it means bupkus. There is a certain symbolism, I suppose,...

By Sonny Bunch • May 20,2008

Bitter-Enders

This paragraph in Richard Cohen’s column today on why Hillary hasn’t dropped out puzzled me a little bit: In the end, no one begrudges a bitter-ender. Robert E. Lee is...

By Sonny Bunch • May 20,2008

The Case for Empire, Redux

In the early days of The Weekly Standard online, Jonathan V. Last wrote a very controversial piece entitled The Case for Empire. In it, he argued that viewers were cheering...

By Sonny Bunch • May 20,2008

Japanese Cinema

James picks his favorite (and least favorite) Japanese film over at The American Scene. I think his choice of Battle Royale is a great one, though you can’t go wrong...