Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Aug 26,2009

The mystery of a “liberal Conservative” foreign policy

Will Inboden ably explores the mystery of what British foreign policy will look like once the Tories take charge (since everyone in London knows the will). Will explains why, from...

By AF Editors • Aug 26,2009

Afghanistan: No, we are…sort of…nation building?

I’ve been looking for some clarity on our strategy in Afghanistan. The President seems to have one foot on each side of the fence. Now it seems the military brass...

By AF Editors • Aug 26,2009

Healthcare: Obama vs. Schumer

Give Chuck Schumer credit. He was trying really, really — yes, really — hard to pretend that the President hasn’t waffled on the public option, backing away from his commitment...

By Sonny Bunch • Aug 26,2009

And yet, she has two book deals

Julie Powell, the bloggy half of Julie and Julia, has penned a piece over at XX. It is, how do you say, awful? Yes, awful. That’s the word. The concept...

By Sonny Bunch • Aug 26,2009

The only thing worse…

… than Woodstock nostalgia is Kennedy nostalgia. RIP to Ted and all that — he was a very effective senator for the things he believed in who leaves behind a...

By Sonny Bunch • Aug 25,2009

Interviewing a celebrity sometimes sucks

I have a lot of sympathy for the author of this post on the perils of interviewing the famous: They will be polite, but the more famous they are, the...