Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Aug 12,2009

Another non-controversial Medal of Freedom winner

The week before last, I pointed out the WaPo’s assessment that Barack Obama “hasn’t included any particularly controversial choices in his first picks” for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In...

By AF Editors • Aug 12,2009

Jim Jones’ Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Moment

In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Jim Jones confirmed Bob Woodward’s account of the message that Gen. Jones brought to our commanders in Afghanistan: [CHRIS] WALLACE: The new U.S....

By AF Editors • Aug 12,2009

Howard Dean’s warning for Obama

Howard Dean on ABC This Week: If you’re not going to have a public option, don’t pretend you’re doing health care reform. Should Obama take this seriously, or will the...

By AF Editors • Aug 11,2009

A small island off the coast of Europe

I just got back from a very short trip to the UK to attend the wedding of an old classmate. One thing that struck me while I was there was...

By AF Editors • Aug 11,2009

Flying rabbis battle swine flu

A cost effective approach to health care: Dozens of rabbis and Kabbalah mystics armed with ceremonial trumpets took to the skies over Israel on Monday to battle the swine flu...

By AF Editors • Aug 11,2009

“Taliban Now Winning”

It was certainly quite a jolt to pick up my Wall Street Journal and see this big headline smack in the middle of Page One: Taliban Now Winning. The article...