Commentary - America's Future

By James Poulos • Jun 17,2008

McCain's Bum Slogan

I see thru Daniel that McCain’s new slogan is not, contrary to my advice, “Solvency, Citizenship, Subsidiarity.” It is, instead, “Reform, Prosperity, Peace.” I guess Prosperity is supposed to cover...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 17,2008

White presidents play basketball like this*

But black presidents play basketball like this! *This is another one of those jokes that would be 100 times better if I could find the Simpsons clip where the stereotypical...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 17,2008

Tiger Woods single-handedly cripples NYSE

Well, cripples probably isn’t the right word. But for all the lavish (and deserved) praise my coworker Dean Barnett heaps upon Tiger, it’s probably worth mentioning that Tiger’s 18 hole...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 17,2008

What's going on at Gitmo?

When people protest detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay, I assume they all have visions of Abu Ghraib dancing in their heads: beatings, torture, mock executions, constant humiliation, etc. That’s simply...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 17,2008

Poverty and crime, cont.

I want to follow up on that Hanna Rosin piece I’ve been touting for the last couple of weeks with two very disheartening stories, both of which reveal the deeper...

By Michael Brendan Dougherty • Jun 17,2008

Hope Does Not Spring Eternal

It should have been cold out. It was December, in Columbia, South Carolina, the home of the game cocks, and I stood there, waiting for Barack Obama to speak. He’d...