Commentary - America's Future

By David Adesnik • Feb 03,2009

That’s my ward, baby

David Brooks describes Ward 3, home to Washington’s highly-educated, upper middle-class “Democratic staffers, regulators, journalists, lawyers, Obama aides and senior civil servants”. (Ward maps available here. I live in Ward...

By Daniel Kennelly • Feb 03,2009

Oogedy-Boogedy for the Hyde Park Set

Jim Manzi has given us a much more thorough response than my weaksauce answer to Coyne’s brief against the compatibility of science and religion. As I’m sure your sick of...

By David Adesnik • Feb 03,2009

NY Times calls for Daschle to withdraw (Update: He’s gone)

Check it: We believe that Mr. Daschle ought to step aside and let the president choose a less-blemished successor. The WaPo is more forgiving: Mr. Daschle deserves to be judged...

By David Adesnik • Feb 03,2009

New RNC chairman talks about new ideas

Michael Steele on Fox News Sunday: [CHRIS] WALLACE: But do you need to show Americans that you have new solutions… STEELE: Absolutely. WALLACE: … to their daily kitchen-table concerns? STEELE:...

By Damir Marusic • Feb 03,2009

Capitalism and Conservatism

Sam Tanenhaus has a good, provocative piece out at TNR. People more up on the intricacies and history of partisan politics in America will surely be chiming in during the...

By David Donadio • Feb 03,2009

Worst lede of the day

Republicans, geese, jet engines, exploding debt, pork, Oscar Meyer, bank bailouts….Good grief this is insufferable. How many mixed metaphors can you take? It’s hard to take Republican leaders too seriously...