Commentary - America's Future

By Damir Marusic • Feb 12,2009

Making Exceptions

Daniel Larison has a characteristically insightful and thoughtful post up about the rush to double standards that the strong showing of Yisrael Beiteinu is provoking in people. Contra Greenwald, he...

By Damir Marusic • Feb 12,2009

Reaching out to Russia

The Washington Times reports that Mike McFaul and Undersecretary William Burns are off to Moscow to talk Kyrgyz basing with the Russians. Via Spencer Ackerman, an earlier version of the...

By David Donadio • Feb 12,2009

The U.S. should pursue more limited, less aspirational objectives in Afghanistan

So says Gilles Dorronsoro, a very sharp South Asia scholar down the hall: Afghanistan may be the right war, but the United States could very well fight it in the...

By AF Editors • Feb 12,2009

Selling out the Poles?

While President Obama tries to wrap up Iraq and Afghanistan and soothe our alliances, the future of the U.S. alliance with Poland is uncertain. Poles fear that they will once...

By Damir Marusic • Feb 12,2009

Charity in blogging, and the lack thereof

Having posted as I did last night, I’ve been having second thoughts. I’ve met Christian Brose a few times, spoken with him, and I certainly have a high opinion of...

By David Adesnik • Feb 12,2009

Evidence for intelligent design

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Both born 200 years ago today, on February 12, 1809. Even so, almost 40% of Americans now believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution.