Commentary - America's Future

By Damir Marusic • Oct 08,2008

On Conservatism and Capitalism

In response to a cracking good post by James Poulos over at Culture11, Matt Frost inadvertently hits upon something I’ve been working over in my head ever since Grand New...

By Daniel Kennelly • Oct 08,2008

Iceland's meltdown

Take heart, Icelanders. Your savings may be vanishing like your glaciers, and you may soon be in hock to Russia for nearly half your GDP, but you have one of...

By David Donadio • Oct 08,2008

Pretty much

This Onion piece just about sums up the Obama volunteers who heckle Washington commuters on the way to the Metro each morning. (Hat tip: JB)

By Damir Marusic • Oct 08,2008

Mankiw's Proposal

I’ve argued with my more staunchly libertarian friends, both online and off, about the financial crisis and what can/should be done about it. Now I ask them: Would this plan...

By David Donadio • Oct 08,2008

You know it's too much when

you see a reference to Omaha and misread it as “Obama.” Has this not been the longest election ever?

By AF Editors • Oct 08,2008

We cast him out!

Thinking about the reaction to Conor Friedersdorf’s original article on Sarah Palin, fealty to the Republican party is essentially a kind of nationalism. Which means it’s Orwell time: As nearly...