AFF’s February roundtable put together panelists on both sides of the gay marriage debate and asked them to contend with the question, “What is the role of the federal government in marriage?” Jason Kuznicki, Cato Institute research fellow and editor of Cato Unbound, nicely articulated a strict constitutional answer to this question, pointing out that nowhere [...]
America’s Future Foundation invites you to an exclusive new seminar to improve your op-ed writing skills with professional coaching! Be part of the inaugural AFF Working Group with a unique, 2-part seminar that will be led by Rob Montz, a senior writer at Keybridge Communications who has been published in the Wall Street Journal, New [...]
When working your way to the top, look the part and maintain a professional comportment. If you want to be a leader, don’t look like a slob. Of course, that doesn’t mean fancy business clothes at all times, but it does mean thinking about how you will be perceived in various circumstances. I won’t go [...]
Yesterday, the New York Times published a letter I wrote in response to a very silly news article on regard for the U.S. Constitution internationally. Apparently, fewer countries are using our constitution as a model for theirs. Not that it matters much. You can have a great, liberty-protecting constitution and a government that ignores it [...]
By day, Lee Doren works at CRAFT Media and Digital, a full-service media agency located in Washington, DC. By night, and by weekends, Lee is the instigator behind the popular conservative YouTube channel, “How The World Works.” Lee is also the author of the ninety-nine cent e-book “Please Enroll Responsibly: Avoiding Indoctrination at College.” Despite [...]
Famed orator, abolitionist, and author Frederick Douglass was one of history’s greatest champions of liberty. Born a slave, Douglass didn’t know his actual birthday, but chose February 14th, St. Valentine’s Day, to celebrate the occasion. Learn more about Douglass and his life in this lecture by Robert McDonald, assistant professor of history at West Point, from a Cato [...]
Have you ever wanted to publish an op-ed in the New York Times, Huffington Post, or Wall Street Journal? Becoming the next Tom Friedman or David Brooks is definitely an art form, but there’s also a science to writing an effective online political journalism op-ed, and we at PolicyMic believe we’ve found the secret recipe for success. Journalism [...]
Do you want to impress your Valentine with some econ knowledge? LearnLiberty’s brand new video featuring Prof. Chris Coyne explains three important economic concepts as they relate to today’s holiday.
Become a knowledgeable person, rather than merely an opinionated person. If you know something, rather than merely opine a lot, people will come to you for your opinion. And here’s something I’ve learned the hard way: if you go around correcting mistakes made by others without being asked—that is, if you are aggressively opinionated—they will [...]
America’s Future Foundation invites you to enjoy a new blog called “Free the Future” along with improvements to americasfuture.org. “Free the Future” will focus on career advice, along with guest commentary and occasional opinions on policy matters of interest to young professionals. Tom Palmer, Andrea McCarthy, Heather Lakemacher, Emily Miller, Rodney Vessels, and others will [...]
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The Myth of Britain’s “Managed Decline”
American declinists are wrong to see the unraveling of the British Empire as a roadmap for a “soft landing.” The stubborn idea of American decline is a complicated animal. President Obama has d. […]
In Praise of the Bow Tie
I wear bow ties because it’s a hell of a lot harder to spill food on them than it is neckties. That’s not exactly why I wear them, but it’s a convenient excuse to give at cocktail parties and we. […]