Commentary - America's Future

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...

By Mitch Whitus • Feb 25,2014

The Koch Associate Program: A Personal Perspective

As a recruiter with the Charles Koch Institute, my responsibility is to connect people to our educational programs and job opportunities. Being a current participant in the Koch Associate Program,...

By Emma Elliott Freire • Feb 22,2014

Queen Elizabeth Feels The Recession’s Bite

Queen Elizabeth II is known for her frugality. For breakfast, she likes to eat Corn Flakes, which she stores in Tupperware to extend its shelf life. She wears the same...