Commentary - America's Future

By Ericka Andersen • Oct 26,2021 Communication

10 Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking

Whether you like it or not, public speaking and communication skills are essential in almost every profession. I’ve often found myself shying away from improving my public speaking skills, using...

By Krista Mitchell • Oct 25,2021 Career Advice, Leadership

The 3 Scariest Communication Habits, and How You Can Fix Them

With Halloween coming up , many people are putting together spooky costumes, watching the most frightening movies to celebrate, and more. While communicating with others, sometimes we enlist interpersonal communication...

By AF Editors • Oct 22,2021 Communication, Liberty

Reads of the Week: ‘Building Back’ the Labor Market, Holocaust Education, and the Future of US-UK Relations

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...

By AF Editors • Oct 22,2021 Career Advice, Professional Development

Hiring Horror Stories

In the spirit of Halloween, our team wanted to share our best hiring horror stories with you. Names and identities have been changed to protect the innocent (and the ghoulishly...

By David Collins • Oct 21,2021 Culture, Leadership

Boys Can’t Be Boys in Modern Schooling Systems

“Be quiet!” “Sit still!” “Don’t do that!” “Keep your hands to yourself!” This is a far too common disciplining practice for most schoolboys across the country—almost as if there’s inherently...

By Matt Hampton • Oct 20,2021

The Value of Political Hindsight

In politics it is important to celebrate your wins and take ownership for your losses. Hindsight is 20-20, but if you don’t reckon with past mistakes, you are bound to...