Commentary - America's Future

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...

By Lyndsey Fifield • Aug 02,2021 AF Community, Career Advice

How Do Children (Really) Impact Your Career?

I’ll share 5 things you can do NOW to help out your future self (even if parenthood is many years away). A little over 2 months ago I became a...

By AF Editors • Jul 30,2021

Reads of the Week: Medicare expansion, preserving local culture, and the high cost of big government

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 Kelvey Vander Hart • Jul 29,2021 Culture

Only Common Sense Solutions Can Prevent Forest Fires

Fire season is already picking up heat. And it typically blazes from late Spring to early Fall. California, for example, has already witnessed thousands of acres burn – the Dixie...

By D.K. Williams • Jul 28,2021

“¡Patria y vida!” for Cuba

“¡Patria y vida!” is the rallying cry of Cubans protesting 60 years of communist oppression. It means “homeland and life” and is an explicit repudiation of Fidel Castro’s pro-communist slogan,...