Commentary - America's Future

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...

By AF Editors • Oct 24,2008

Well, at least it wasn't the Killing Fields

Passing through campus today, I noticed a copy of Chicago Weekly, an independent University of Chicago newspaper, with a cover story on community-supported agriculture, tastefully titled “The Great Leap Forward.”...

By David Donadio • Oct 24,2008

Bono to become a New York Times columnist

Yep. Reminds me of the old Onion piece about starving Ethiopians making a desperate plea to U2. (You know, back when that seemed less probable, and consequently funnier.) Speaking of...