Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Oct 24,2008

The virtues of clarity

Ordinarily, the experience of reading Leon Wieseltier’s turgid prose is akin to masturbating in warm bathwater. Today, however, I came upon a surprisingly on-the-nose expression of his political preferences, which...

By David Donadio • Oct 24,2008

New York Times Company credit rating falls to junk status

Crain’s New York reports that S&P has downgraded the New York Times Company’s credit rating from “BBB-” to “BB-,” which places it on par with the government of Kazakhstan. (Hey,...

By Sonny Bunch • Oct 24,2008

More dumb ways to cut down on carbon emissions

I feel a new series of posts coming up. First there was this lady’s decision to deprive her kids of organized sports (because the icecaps are totally going to melt...

By Sonny Bunch • Oct 24,2008

Personal Responsibility

Matt Yglesias bemoans the problem of children having access to proper dental care here, saying 16 percent of all children and twenty percent of children under the age of six...

By Sonny Bunch • Oct 24,2008

Telling people to reduce energy consumption is pointless

Via Rod, I see there’s a lady who is quite upset that the New York Times poked fun at her propensity for thrift when it comes to energy consumption. She...

By AF Editors • Oct 24,2008

It's a gift, really

I have no idea what effect Billy Joel’s endorsement will have on the Obama campaign, but, speaking personally, I can only agree with Joe Queenan’s assessment that BIlly Joel has...