Commentary - America's Future

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...

By Kat Murti • Aug 09,2021 AF Community, Culture

A Late Father’s Day Tribute to my Husband, a New Dad

Less than a week after my emergency C-section, while I stayed home, unable to stand up on my own, let alone take more than a few steps at a time,...

By Sydney Fowler • Aug 06,2021 Culture, Leadership

Do The Olympics Still Matter?

The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo is underway and so far it’s very different from the previous 31 Olympiads. Like many professional sports, it’s been taken over by grand displays of...

By John Dale Grover • Aug 04,2021 Professional Development

No Working Professional Can Be a Super-Human Forever

Someone once told me “where normal people see free time and look forward to relaxing, you see free time and think, ‘what can I fill that with?’” That was not...

By Katelynn Barbosa • Aug 03,2021 Career Advice, Professional Development

On Cake & Virtual Work

I’ll never forget the day my daughter first discovered cake. Her eyes lit up in a feeling of pure bliss, discovery, and shock. How had we been keeping this food...