Commentary - America's Future

By Kaavya Ramesh • Mar 04,2014

U.S. Energy Department Has A Weapon To Use Against Russia

As the drums of war beat on in Crimea, we should consider the central role of energy security. Energy has long been a strategic asset for Russia – tracing back...

By AF Editors • Mar 03,2014

Heading to CPAC? Guest blog for AF!

Heading to National Harbor this week to attend the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)? Consider submitting a guest blog post about your experience to Free the Future! This year’s...

By AF Editors • Feb 28,2014

FCC Adds To Long History Of Trying To Regulate Newsrooms

Media research can be fascinating. Next time you are watching a news broadcast, note the “top story” – the one that leads the broadcast. Did the show select the most...

By Kathryn Shelton • Feb 28,2014

Google Partners with AF-Austin on “No Freedom without Privacy”

AFF-Austin and Google partnered to present a timely discussion dubbed No Freedom Without Privacy: The ECPA Needs an Upgrade on February 4, 2014. The topic for the evening was the Electronic Communications Privacy...

By Sean Higgins • Feb 27,2014

The Black Presidents <em>Before</em> Obama

Barack Obama was not the first African-American elected to the presidency. By my count, he was the seventh. It was just that he was the first nonfiction one. But Americans...

By AF Editors • Feb 25,2014

What Do We See In Richard III?

The final Tuesday of January, I sat in a crowded venue in Washington, D.C., and as countless other Americans, observed a power play. However, I was not at the State of the...