Commentary - America's Future

By David White • Jul 30,2006

The gambling double standard

Jonathan Kaplan’s Brokedown Palace begins when Alice and Darlene, best friends since childhood, decide on a summer vacation in Bangkok to celebrate their high school graduation. Things turn sour, however,...

By David Skinner • Jul 26,2006

Why I hate networking … but really like AF

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards went to school together; so did all the members of U2. The same is also sometimes true of pundits. Take Fred Barnes and Brit Hume,...

By AF Editors • Jul 26,2006

The Myth of Anti-sex Conservatism

When approached to write a sex column, I jumped at the chance. I love pondering and discussing sex and body issues. Sure, I may have been the only would-be sex...

By Jerry Brito • Jul 26,2006

Public Nuisance: The Costs of Giving Everyone A Say on Cable Television

While no doubt some community affairs programs will have redeeming social value, it can't be overlooked that public access often amounts to little more than a kind of old-school blogging....

By AF Editors • Jul 26,2006

The Anti-temperance Movement

If there is a Modern Drunkard philosophy it is this: All of mankind would be better off with everyone getting their drunk on.

By Kelly Jane Torrance • Jul 26,2006

Interview: Mark Helprin

Mark Helprin, the well-known novelist and occasional polemicist, agreed to sit down with DOUBLETHINK‘s fiction editor, Kelly Jane Torrance, for an extended on-the-record interview. His 1983 novel Winter’s Tale received multiple votes in...