Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Dec 04,2008

10 questions for Vladimir Putin

Foreign Policy has 10 questions for Vladimir Putin. These are exactly the questions you’d want him to answer, and 7 and 10 are good for a laugh.

By Sonny Bunch • Dec 04,2008

Prosecutorial overreach

Emily Bazelon has a great piece up at Slate tracking the (absurd) prosecution and (equally absurd) conviction of Lori Drew, the adult MySpace bully who drove a teen girl to...

By David Donadio • Dec 04,2008

Just imagine what’ll happen when the media gets started on the Clintons again

Rahm Emanuel isn’t even in the White House yet, and already the New York Times is starting to work him over. Get ready for a lot more conflict of interest...

By David Donadio • Dec 03,2008

Ideas still have consequences

My colleague Robert Kagan writes that the U.S. should create an international response to the attacks in Mumbai, which sounds harmless enough, until you get to the actual proposal: Rather...

By Daniel Kennelly • Dec 03,2008

Big Underpants Reloaded

The story just refuses to die. The China Blog reports: The state broadcaster is apparently unhappy with the inelegant nickname for its stunning new building, and is backing a search...

By Sonny Bunch • Dec 03,2008

On starvation, capitalism, and Marxism

I’d like to note that I find it terribly ironic when someone who has written that he is “slouching towards Marxism” because of conservative annoyance with the (incredibly awful) auto...