Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Feb 15,2010

Bayh-Bayh, Evan

Pete and Patrick have already posted on Evan Bayh’s retirement from the Senate. Yet the responsibility falls on me to employ one of the most obvious and predictable puns of...

By Sonny Bunch • Feb 15,2010

The looming sportspocalypse

I’d wager it’s almost certain we’ll see a work stoppage in either the NBA or NFL for the 2011 season, and there’s a decent chance both leagues will shut down....

By Sonny Bunch • Feb 15,2010

Roger Ebert and the specter of death

I hope that subject doesn’t come across as too ghoulish — Ebert is a man I respect a great deal, and arguably the most important film critic of all time...

By Sonny Bunch • Feb 15,2010

Neither silver nor bronze is as good as a gold at the Olympics

It’s time for my biannual Olympics complaint: The way that Olympics watchers compile medal counts is asinine. Look at this chart over at ESPN. They just total up the medals...

By Sonny Bunch • Feb 15,2010

Huh, interesting…

I meant to post a wholehearted agreement with Spencer Ackerman’s take on journalists using “interesting” in a story, but forgot until Andrew referred to it. So yes: A journalist using...

By Sonny Bunch • Feb 13,2010

Remix culture

I’d be curious to know what Julian Sanchez — the author of this post and this clip on the evolution of remix as it relates to culture — makes of...