Commentary - America's Future

By John Maniscalco • Oct 23,2014 Professional Development

The Insider’s Guide to Getting a Job on Capitol Hill: Selling Yourself

How do you stand out to a Chief of Staff from the hundreds of emails that land on their desk? You need to sell yourself. These tips will help you...

By Emily Hoosier • Oct 22,2014

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway Inspires AF Writing Fellowship Attendees

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway paid a visit last week to the inaugural class of America’s Future Foundation’s Writing Fellowship. She is currently a senior writer at TheFederalist.com, and previously wrote in...

By Claire Kittle Dixon • Oct 21,2014 Professional Development

Working for Liberty: Think Like a Start-Up (or Why You Should Listen to Matt Warner at Atlas Network)

I recently got my paws on a great piece of career advice written by Matt Warner from Atlas Network. As with any gem related to working for liberty, I wanted...

By Mary Riner • Oct 20,2014

Mary Riner and John Barry Remember Leonard Liggio

AF was at a turning point. It was the summer of 2001. I had taken up the AF baton as executive director again after John Barry, who was working full-time at less-than-half-pay, got a job offer he couldn’t...

By Nigel Ashford • Oct 17,2014

Why Network?

Networks are people communicating with each other, sharing ideas, information, and resources. Why do so many resist the idea of networking? First, some think it is unethical, that somehow you...

By John Maniscalco • Oct 16,2014 Professional Development

Getting a Job on Capitol Hill: Building Your Network

Working on Capitol Hill can be a rich and rewarding experience. For me, it was a dream come true. I found writing speeches that were given on the House floor,...