Commentary - America's Future

By James Poulos • Aug 03,2008

American People: Fickle? Stupid? The Surge as Case Study

Sonny has an interesting, suggestive post about the surge and public opinion — “that’s why we don’t vote on military strategy,” he says: because “the public is fickle, not to...

By Sonny Bunch • Aug 01,2008

Swing Vote, American Teen, and Hard Times at Douglass High

Two reviews for your reading pleasure today: Kevin Costner’s new flick, Swing Vote over at The Washington Times,* and a look at two new documentaries about high school life, American...

By James Poulos • Aug 01,2008

Shorts

The dog days have rolled in, and the pantline of the professional American male has rolled up. In New York, they cavort in the streets with shorts that hit above...

By Sonny Bunch • Jul 31,2008

Tough but true

From Ross Douthat: Here’s a tip for liberals: If your candidate is going to stage enormous rallies in front of tens of thousands of chanting Germans (with monuments to Prussian...

By Sonny Bunch • Jul 31,2008

The IOC is a joke, cont. (again)

I don’t have the strength to point out the awfulness of the IOC anymore. The crux of this post over at Commentary by Gordon Chang, however, is this: Either the...

By Sonny Bunch • Jul 31,2008

This is why we don't vote on military strategy

Because the public is fickle, not to mention underinformed and stupid: The poll shows that, since the surge is working, more people approve of the surge! Shocking how that works...