Commentary - America's Future

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...

By David Adesnik • Feb 22,2009

Egos in Hillaryland

Yes, I know, it’s almost as shocking as gambling at Rick’s. Here a plum from the article at TNR: The hard-charging [special envoy Richard] Holbrooke remains the biggest question mark....

By David Donadio • Feb 22,2009

Why does anyone watch the Oscars?

Like so many award shows, the Oscars are 95% predictable from start to finish. Best screenplay for Milk, best adaptation for Slumdog Millionaire, best animation for Wall-E, best art direction...

By David Adesnik • Feb 22,2009

The new math in Congress

It’s easy to forget that at the time of Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993, the Democratic party still had a substantial Southern wing. The Democratic majority today is almost the...

By David Donadio • Feb 22,2009

Obama wants to halve budget deficit…

says the AP, as if that tells you something. In other news, George W. Bush wanted to privatize Social Security.