Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Jan 15,2009

Ahh, Baltimore…

I’m a bit late on this one, but living in a city that right now defines large-scale political corruption in the national imagination (Chicago), I felt a twinge of nostalgia...

By AF Editors • Jan 15,2009

A Rambouillet for the Israel-Palestine Conflict

In deciding to comment on the conflict in Gaza, I’m reminded of the old joke from the time of the siege of Sarajevo, in which someone is alleged to have...

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 15,2009

Leon Panetta and extraordinary rendition

Writing about the choice of Leon Panetta for head of the CIA, Andrew Sullivan wrote in the Times of London that [t]he first name floated for CIA head was John...

By Daniel Kennelly • Jan 15,2009

Me? I'm All for Dumb Power

Chris Brose is bristling at Hillary Clinton’s invocation of “smart power” in her testimony the other day: Now, America needs many things right now, but another contribution to the foreign...

By David Donadio • Jan 14,2009

I guess the Iraq debacle shouldn't have come as such a surprise

In view of the fact that even the State Department couldn’t spell the civilian administrator’s name.

By David Donadio • Jan 14,2009

Australian environmentalists devastate Australian island

I have a special affinity for stories about well-meaning environmental initiatives backfiring on the well-meaning environmentalists: BANGKOK, Thailand – It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all...