Author: AF Editors

Posted by the team at America's Future.
By AF Editors • Apr 08,2009

The Folly of Sin Taxation

Powered by governments and self-satisfied members of the public, a trend has formed around dissuading people from unhealthy lifestyles. The strategies include gouging the public with new taxes and spending...

By AF Editors • Apr 01,2009

NATO at 60: One for All?

As NATO meets for its 60th anniversary in Strasbourg-Kehl this weekend, it has a lot on its plate: war-fighting, peacekeeping, piracy, and more. But the problem for today’s NATO lies...

By AF Editors • Mar 30,2009

The Russian Reset and Europe

Europe will be closely watching as leaders of its two most important partners—Russia and America—meet for the first time on April 1 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in...

By AF Editors • Mar 27,2009

The Folly of Stem Cell Subsidies

President Obama’s decision earlier this month to overturn restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research was widely praised by supporters. Yet even setting aside the moral controversy involved,...

By AF Editors • Mar 25,2009

Putting Science in Its Place

Barack Obama ran his campaign as if his principal opponent were George W. Bush. Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, he has attempted to extend his misplaced rhetoric well past last November’s election....

By AF Editors • Mar 23,2009

Giving Partisanship Its Due

You could hardly be human, American, and a consumer of television media in the loosest sense and have missed last week’s duel between the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and Mad...