Author: AF Editors

Posted by the team at America's Future.
By AF Editors • Dec 03,2008

The Rise (and fall?) of a Caffeine Empire

A few years ago, no one would have predicted a site like www.SaveOurStarbucks.com. Created by entrepreneur Paul Konrardy after the financially troubled coffee chain announced in July that it would...

By AF Editors • Dec 02,2008

Spreading the Gospel

There is a certain electricity in the National Press Club Ballroom. Businessmen in tailored suits mingle comfortably with shabby college professors; think-tank pundits and corporate lobbyists are schmoozing with reporters...

By AF Editors • Dec 01,2008

Life after Mad Men

Before the season finale of AMC’s award-winning drama Mad Men in late October, the Associated Press ran an article wondering why, in light of its critical success and increasing cultural...

By AF Editors • Nov 25,2008

The Murder Bus Tales

The man sitting next to me is having a rough day. Bleary-eyed, shirt untucked, hair in mild disarray: He looks like life is moving faster than he’d like. Apparently, he...

By AF Editors • Nov 23,2008

Stroke of the Pen

Bush’s penchant for expanding executive power shows that he misunderstood the most important aspect of governmental institutions: They should be one-size-fits all. Officeholders set precedents that will be utilized not...

By AF Editors • Nov 20,2008

The Death of Neoconservatism

This article was adapted from remarks delivered at an America’s Future roundtable in Washington on November 19, 2008. American presidential elections are often best read as verdicts on the administrations...