Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

A guest post from Marty Peretz

So our new president has tapped George Mitchell as Middle East envoy. The president is a good man. Mitchell too. But do either of them really believe this will amount...

By David Donadio • Jan 23,2009

Poorly named towns

Some might say her beat is sophomoric, but I wouldn’t mind having Sarah Lyall’s job. Check out her latest in the Times: In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone...

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

Celebrating Obama's Achievement

I agree with Jonah Goldberg: I am proud of and excited by the fact that we have inaugurated the first black president of the United States. He wasn’t my first...

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

Inaugural address turns a cold shoulder to dissidents

(Here is a sneak peek at an op-ed I submitted. I’ll post an update if it makes it into print.) One day before Barack Obama’s inauguration, a masked gunman shot...

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

Reihan writes something that makes sense

No, not this post. This one: Robert Pape is a brilliant scholar. His work on suicide terrorism is vitally important and extremely insightful. He has long been a sharp critic...

By David Donadio • Jan 22,2009

I pledge to pretend my status as a Hollywood icon imbues my every remark with great political importance

I just threw up in my mouth a little. It’s great P Diddy is gonna turn the lights off and all, but this is the biggest bunch of d-baggery I’ve...