Commentary - America's Future

By David Adesnik • Feb 23,2009

Jindal on the future of the GOP

Yesterday: MR. [DAVID] GREGORY: What is the state of the Republican Party? GOV. [BOBBY] JINDAL: Look, our Republican Party got fired with cause these last two election cycles. We became...

By David Polansky • Feb 23,2009

The scary thing about Noah Millman

Is that he actually has a real job. But he still manages to toss off posts like this one, where he beautifully articulates how the rhetoric of liberal neutrality actually...

By David Donadio • Feb 23,2009

Iran’s nuclear program is close to a fait accompli

reports the New York Times. And according to the BBC, Iran quite brazenly offered to stop killing U.S. and British troops in Iraq in 2005 if the West acceded to...

By David Adesnik • Feb 23,2009

Jindal the wonk

Listening to Bobby Jindal is different from listening to almost any other Republican. For example, consider Jindal’s discussion with David Gregory yesterday on Meet the Press. Jindal consistently tries to...

By Phoebe Maltz • Feb 23,2009

Baby Bust: How the Right’s baby love is undermining conservatism

In recent years, American conservatism has morphed from a smoke-filled room of martini-swilling adults into nothing short of a nursery. The Right, once known for its emphasis on individual accomplishment...

By David Polansky • Feb 23,2009

Bill Moyers, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Bill Moyers has always irritated me, kind of in the way that people who smoke clove cigarettes irritate me. So, naturally, I was pleased to hear of the recent revelations...