Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Jan 08,2010

Mad Men vs. Blog Men

My wife and I are done with Galactica. Now it’s time for Mad Men. We’ve watched one episode and we like it already. Why? One thing the show does is...

By AF Editors • Jan 08,2010

Unorthodox Intelligence

Why would the US military want to distribute publicly its new directive on intelligence gathering in Afghanistan? Why would the military publish its new directive in cooperation with a think...

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 08,2010

"Youth in Revolt" and "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"

Hey, the Weekly Standard has a new website! And hey, I’m in it today with reviews of the new Michael Cera film, Youth in Revolt, and the new Terry Gilliam...

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 07,2010

Nip/Tuck and the dark side of cable

I have been known to argue that we are in a golden age of television, that the last ten years or so have seen an amazing resurgence in the quality...

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 07,2010

Press Tours

One of the odder things about my last job was taking part in press tours. You know those features you read in the newspaper — like, say, this one, where...

By AF Editors • Jan 06,2010

Joe Biden, Proud Intellectual

In case you missed it, the Weekly Standard had an amusing article a couple of weeks ago about the Veep’s efforts to smarten up his speeches with quotes from famous...