Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Mar 23,2010

Professional counterinsurgency blogging

If you want to hear from some of the smartest men and women on the front lines in Afghanistan and around the globe, visit the official blog of the Army...

By AF Editors • Mar 23,2010

Are voters already shifting on healthcare reform?

As Elrod pointed out, a post-showdown poll on healthcare shows that 49% percent of the public supported passage of the bill. One day earlier, CNN released a poll showing that...

By AF Editors • Mar 22,2010

Healthcare victory party

What does victory mean for the Democrats? Yglesias: Barack Obama will go down in history as one of America’s finest presidents. Drum: Even if this is [Obama’s] high point, then,...

By AF Editors • Mar 22,2010

Washington's not broken anymore!

Three long weeks ago, I made the case that Scott Brown single-handedly broke Washington: As recently as January 18, the day before Scott Brown’s election, there was no firm consensus...

By AF Editors • Mar 21,2010

Healthcare Reform vs. The Surge

I’ve been pondering the common analogy between President Obama’s support for healthcare reform (HCR for short) and President Bush’s support for the surge in Iraq, both in the face of...

By AF Editors • Mar 19,2010

Goodbye, Sonny

Don’t go. It’s a set up!