How We Can Recapture the Lost Civic Society
You could lose everything tomorrow. Then you’d need government. Jonah Goldberg occasionally mocks this idea on his podcast. To go from a middle-class suburbanite to homeless on the street would...
Aug 09,2019
Career Advice
Remote Life: Getting the Ball Rolling
A year ago, if you would have told me that I’d be writing this from Milan, Italy, having just finished a business trip to London the week prior, I would...
Aug 07,2019
AF Community
Weekly Writers Round-Up: Medicare-for-All Costs, Questionable History, and Important Medical Advances
Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...
Aug 06,2019
Professional Development
Four Steps to Overcoming Writer’s Block for Op-Eds
So you’ve got writer’s block. It happens to all of us as we get busy and sidetracked or have too much to say and aren’t sure where to start. Speaking...
Aug 05,2019
Career Advice
No Shortcuts: 5 Tips for Launching the Career of Your Dreams
I am living my dream. Over the last 10 years, I’ve built a career as a policy expert in Washington, DC. My job is to inform the public, Congress, and...
Aug 02,2019
Culture
Learn it, Live it, Love it: The Summer Vacation Edition
Next week I’m headed to the Outer Banks for a week of relaxation and blue-sky thinking #AFFleisure. But don’t worry, my AF love never sleeps, I’ve got a board meeting...