Commentary - America's Future

By Dorian Davis • May 05,2008

Raising the Barr

Like most national politicians, former Republican Congressman Bob Barr is skilled in the art of generic political rhetoric, the fine art of saying a lot without saying much at all....

By James Poulos • May 04,2008

Legalized Prostitution's Lambo-Pinto Problem

Megan McArdle responds to critics who have chided her “rage” against “the illegality of something that a majority of my fellow citizens think should be illegal” — namely, prostitution. (I...

By James Poulos • May 03,2008

The Quest for Responsible Neoconservatism

I’d like to endorse my American Scene colleague Noah Millman’s incisive comments on diplomacy and benign American power: our unipolar moment makes diplomacy look rather different than historical models. And...

By Sonny Bunch • May 02,2008

On Franken and Taxes

I have no real love for Al Franken–he’s annoying, an arch-liberal, and (mostly) unfunny–but I can’t really get up in arms over the fact that he got tripped up by...

By Sonny Bunch • May 02,2008

Iron Man as Political Rorschach

Iron Man hits wide release today, and my extended thoughts are over at the Standard‘s website. But I would like to expand on one of the points I raise in...

By James Poulos • May 02,2008

Libertarianism and Moralism

With Will Wilkinson safely on the other side of the Earth, I am free to agree with him about something: It is tyrannical for parents to attempt to reproduce their...