Commentary - America's Future

By Daniel Kennelly • Dec 10,2008

Those characters actually mean something, you know…

I’m sure that this will go up on whatever website is the Chinese-language equivalent of Engrish.com: The Max Planck Institute is one of the world’s leading science and technology research...

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

The Drug War has killed more Mexicans in a year…

than the Iraq war has killed American soldiers. Good thing it’s making drugs unavailable in the United States! (Cringe) How sad. Walking through the parks in the prime business neighborhoods of downtown...

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

Not-so great public works projects

Amity Shlaes uses Japan in the ’90s as an example of what not to do when enacting economic stimulus plans. A cautionary tale for Obama’s administration-in-waiting.

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

Sweet relief

David Corn expresses liberal unhappiness over Obama’s cabinet picks.

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

Does the government owe royalties on torture music?

A conversation I had about this at work this morning got me wondering. I shoulda known Wired would have been on to this months ago: Insult, meet injury: Now there...

By AF Editors • Dec 10,2008

It’s The Civil War, Stupid

Many friends of Israel have long been concerned about the prospect of a Barack Obama presidency. Despite Obama’s moderate campaign rhetoric, he had been rumored to support the aspirations of...