Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Aug 16,2021 Markets & Free Enterprise

Socialism of the Berlin Wall

60 years ago this month, in the early hours of August 13, construction crews, Volkspolizei (“People’s Police”), and members of the Volksarmee (“National People’s Army”), began cordoning off parts of East Berlin,...

By Matt Hampton • Aug 16,2021 Leadership, Limited Government

How Experts Sacrificed Lives

We can all agree that the U.S.’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was mismanaged in more ways than one. But it’s not an exaggeration to say that public health officials...

By AF Editors • Aug 13,2021

Reads of the Week: Nuclear Power, Infrastructure Spending, and K-Pop

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 Louis Damani Jones • Aug 12,2021

Human Dignity & the American Experiment

Our country has reached yet another fork in the road of fundamental disunity and cultural collision. Debates are raging over America’s history, its future, and its fundamental ideals. This is...

By Connor O'Keeffe • Aug 11,2021

The Evolving War in Afghanistan

Apparently the U.S. has replaced ground troops with airstrikes in Afghanistan. The military claims these strikes are supporting the Afghan government’s fight against the Taliban. But as the apparent “end...

By Meg Tuszynski • Aug 10,2021 Culture, Limited Government

Market Failure and Government Failure

Markets sometimes fail. I say that as someone who tends to think market solutions should be more ubiquitous than they currently are. Yet I feel no shame in admitting that...