Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Jan 07,2009

Whose side is Bill Kristol on?

Bill Kristol’s latest is a typical exercise in casuistry: The huge challenge for the Obama administration is going to be Iran. If Israel had yielded to Hamas and refrained from...

By David Donadio • Jan 07,2009

Israel is trying to clean up the Bush administration’s mess

Though the fact seems lost on its supporters, Israel’s war in Gaza is ironically another nail in the neoconservative coffin. After all, it’s essentially an effort to reverse the idiotic...

By David Donadio • Jan 07,2009

The ongoing American immigration farce

John Lingan of SpliceToday has written one of the clearest calls yet for immigration reform: It took 19 months, a few thousand dollars, multiple doctors’ visits, and the help of...

By AF Editors • Jan 07,2009

Oh, that war on terror

Dana Priest, Washington Post: President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end...

By David Polansky • Jan 07,2009

No relation to this blogger

It seems Roman Polanski may never make it home. Apparently, drugging and sodomizing a thirteen-year old girl remains illegal. Who knew? (In the interests of a shred of compassion, if...

By David Donadio • Jan 06,2009

The Burris debacle

The embarrassment goes on: Mr. Burris, who was rebuffed by the Senate clerk earlier in the day, gained the support of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the chairman of the...