Commentary - America's Future

By Joanne McNeil • May 14,2006

The girl who cried rape

Do you know that guy from Modest Mouse? Yeah, the singer. Did you ever hear how he raped some chick a few years back? No? At the time I was...

By David Freddoso • May 14,2006

Taxes not hiked; Women, minorities hit hardest

“There is a time when a politician must put politics aside,” said the passionate Democratic Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, once a famous civil rights activist. “There is a time...

By Michael Brendan Dougherty • May 07,2006

Giving tolerance a bad name

You can count on John Meacham. Around Easter or Christmas the managing editor of Newsweek writes a cover story. Maybe it is about the Resurrection, or Mary, the Mother of...

By Tim Lee • May 07,2006

Save the net from what?

The advocates of network neutrality regulations are working very hard to create a sense of crisis, but is there really a need to regulate the Internet?

By AF Editors • May 07,2006

The devastating experience of ‘United 93’

The first theatrically released film to explicitly portray the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, United 93, like the day it depicts, is wholly unique--a captivating, devastating experience that is...

By James N. Markels • Apr 30,2006

Lights, camera, Supreme Court

In a show of bravado in The Washington Post, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) admonished the Supreme Court for daring to invalidate laws passed by Congress, and in retribution proposed the...