Commentary - America's Future

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.

By David Donadio • Feb 22,2009

Why can’t the Ford Foundation buy the New York Times?

Asks former Reagan Treasury department official Bruce Bartlett in a column in Forbes. Well, the Times Company’s market capitalization may now be down to $585 million, but according to well-informed...

By David Donadio • Feb 21,2009

Jefferson Davis’ house slave was a key Union spy

What a great story. Check it out on CNN. (Hat tip: BC)

By David Adesnik • Feb 21,2009

Need a stimulus? Get a lobbyist.

Doublethink and Conventional Folly are angling for some of those blogosphere infrastructure funds. But first we need some seed money to hire a lobbyist. AP: Melanie Sloan, executive director of...

By David Adesnik • Feb 20,2009

NYT: McCain chaste and faithful

Remember the supposed affair John McCain had with a lobbyist? The NYT now says it never meant to imply any such thing. I guess we all misread the story.