Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Jan 02,2009

Ralph Peters: The violence was good, but I could have used more violence

Ralph Peters’ latest is an ugly, emotional and irrational screed in which he acknowledges that the Israeli attacks in Gaza will have a very limited effect, yet comes very close to arguing in...

By David Donadio • Jan 02,2009

Conservatives can coalesce around the Constitution, without, you know, abiding by it

Peter Berkowitz writes that social conservatives and fiscal conservatives need each other to win elections, and they can coalesce around the Constitution. I’ve known Peter for years, and like him...

By Sonny Bunch • Dec 31,2008

Not quite right…

Shorter Freddie: I have never supported a military action in my lifetime or any other military action in the history of mankind because innocent civilians were unintentionally killed in those...

By Sonny Bunch • Dec 31,2008

Five Guys is better than In-N-Out

Over Christmas I had the pleasure of traveling to Southern California to visit my girlfriend’s family. Everyone was pleasant, the weather was (mostly) agreeable, and traffic was surprisingly light. One...

By David Donadio • Dec 31,2008

Let’s make sure no one gets a laugh out of these jokes

This Times piece on financial jokes starts out promisingly enough: DID you hear the one about the stockbroker who’s been sleeping like a baby? Every hour, he wakes up and cries....

By David Donadio • Dec 30,2008

Fark’s 2008 headlines of the year

Fark’s 2008 headline of the year competition has some real gems: Gerbil causes 3-car accident; article doesn’t say which gere he was in at the time “Spam King” sentenced to...