Commentary - America's Future

By Emma Elliott Freire • Aug 19,2013

Twitter Trolls Face Crackdown

Jane Austen is about to change the way you tweet. In recent weeks, Twitter has become engulfed in a controversy over threats sent to British women who campaigned to make...

By Kimberly Brown • Aug 19,2013

How to Play Your Business Cards Right

In a fast moving, social media world, the art of the business card exchange is still a useful and valuable networking tool to master. When exchanging business cards, remember three...

By AF Editors • Aug 16,2013

Google Says What The Government Thinks

In the course of a class-action lawsuit filed against Google in California, the company claimed its Gmail users have “no legitimate expectation of privacy.” Now the internet is in an...

By Kathryn Shelton • Aug 15,2013

What are Free Market Solutions to Poverty in Africa?

More than 45 young professionals gathered on Tuesday night to hear Dr. Eric Bing discuss free-market solutions to global health care problems at Bistro 31 in Highland Park Village. One...

By Michael LaCroix • Aug 15,2013 Liberty

Foundations of Liberty: Cato Institute

The Cato Institute, well known among our readers, was founded in 1974 by economist Murray Rothbard, businessman and entrepreneur Charles Koch, and libertarian leader Ed Crane who remained the president...

By AF Editors • Aug 14,2013

Has the Fed Been Successful?

The Federal Reserve is considered sacrosanct by many. Economist George Selgin pulls back the curtain, exposes the smoke and mirrors, and explains why the Federal Reserve has been a “century...