Commentary

By Sonny Bunch • Apr 09,2009

Of course, this is probably “torture” too

From the Telegraph: During his captivity, US marines forced Saddam, who was executed in 2006, to repeatedly watch the move South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, which shows him as...

By Sonny Bunch • Apr 09,2009

Affirmative action in sports

I like Kevin Blackistone, the ESPN talking head/AOL sports writer. He’s typically one of the calmer voices on the abomination that is Around the Horn and he usually has something...

By David Adesnik • Apr 08,2009

Thomas Hobbes on Bill Clinton

“For it is a great misfortune to a people, to come under the government of such a one, as knows not how to govern himself.” Thomas Hobbes, “Discourse upon the...

By David Polansky • Apr 08,2009

Cossacks on Wall Street

I long ago accepted that the Wall Street Journal oped page took a Lear jet to Bizarro World, but this contribution on the possible rise of antisemitism in the wake...

By David Polansky • Apr 08,2009

Dear mom and dad, I’m a jackass

What might seem like a brilliant prank appears less so when you deface your own home. My favorite line: They say he’ll have to scrub it off when he gets...

By AF Editors • Apr 08,2009

Powered by governments and self-satisfied members of the public, a trend has formed around dissuading people from unhealthy lifestyles. The strategies include gouging the public with new taxes and spending...

Of course, this is probably “torture” too

Affirmative action in sports

Thomas Hobbes on Bill Clinton

Cossacks on Wall Street

Dear mom and dad, I’m a jackass

The Folly of Sin Taxation