Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Nov 05,2008

Both McCain and Obama campaign computers appear to have been hacked by foreign powers

Here we are thinking, ah, sweet relief, the election is over, and then something like this comes out: The computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims...

By Daniel Kennelly • Nov 05,2008

Prop 8 and the need to go beyond 50.1%

Andrew Sullivan says he is “not shattered” by the passage of California’s Proposition 8, the ballot measure effectively overturning the state Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of gay marriage, but...

By Damir Marusic • Nov 05,2008

Good Riddance

CNN reports: Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator’s campaign last week for what one aide called “trashing” the campaign staff,...

By David Donadio • Nov 05,2008

Waiting in line for the paper

Earlier this evening, I passed at least a hundred people waiting in line in the dark in front of an office building at Farragut Square, two blocks from the White...

By AF Editors • Nov 05,2008

Hail to the chief

Our new executive inherits a heavy burden. I wish him more than luck in carrying it.

By David Donadio • Nov 05,2008

Godspeed, Barack Obama

Barack Obama sailed to a resounding victory tonight. This election is historic for all the reasons pundits have said. It’s historic in its repudiation of the long and terrible legacy...