Commentary - America's Future

By Kelvey Vander Hart • Jun 29,2021 Markets & Free Enterprise

Environmentalists Against the Jones Act

The Jones Act (codified as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920) is a fairly obscure statute. But many market-based policy wonks agree that the protectionist regulation is much more far-reaching...

By D.K. Williams • Jun 28,2021 Markets & Free Enterprise

The Federal Reserve Bank: Setting Prices is So Soviet

Even in this epoch of electronic mail, the University of North Carolina Economics Department periodically sends out an actual paper newsletter in the mail. As an exceptionally indistinguished graduate of...

By Sydney Fowler • Jun 28,2021 Culture, Limited Government

Personal Choice, the COVID-19 Vaccination, and Returning to “Normal”

With the COVID vaccine rolling out, more and more people are receiving the long awaited poke in the arm. In response, normal life is slowly creeping back. And the promise...

By AF Editors • Jun 25,2021

Reads of the Week: Education Spending, Modernizing Regulations, and the Importance of Cultural Symbols

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 Krista Mitchell • Jun 25,2021 Communication, Culture

Conversations Need More Positivity: How to Bring the Other Side to the Table

There’s a disturbing trend among Americans these days: we don’t feel like we can talk to each other. Folks feel more polarized than ever with little optimism for change in...

By Cooper Conway • Jun 24,2021 Leadership

Summer Learning Doesn’t Have to Take Place in School

It goes without saying that the pandemic put K-12 students through the wringer. While some succeeded with online learning, others struggled with varying degrees of learning loss from the pandemic...