Commentary - America's Future

By J. Cal Davenport • Apr 18,2013

Presidential Candidates Should Take A Page Out Of Rand Paul’s Playbook

All presidential candidates should learn at least one lesson about their foreign policy platform: for purposes of the campaign, it is not only about the position you take or the...

By AF Editors • Apr 17,2013 Career Advice

Top Five Qualities of Effective Communicators

There are five qualities that are essential to being an effective communicator. First and foremost, you have to be accurate. You must always be truthful and build a reputation with...

By Jarrett Skorup • Apr 16,2013

Subsidies For Big Hollywood Hurt Middle Class

Along with 43 other states, Michigan offers a government incentive program for movie producers. The Great Lakes State has one of the nation’s most generous programs – subsidizing up to...

By AF Editors • Apr 16,2013

After the Welfare State: AF-Chicago Welcomes Tom G. Palmer

The welfare state is bankrupt. It’s not just the ballooning government debt. It’s the unfunded liabilities – trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars. It’s the crumbling currencies of governments...

By Elisha Maldonado • Apr 12,2013

In Turkey, If You Can’t Say Something Nice, You Can’t Say Anything At All

Children are the future of a society, but in Turkey, that future sits in a jail cell. At least that’s what happens to kids attempting to exercise the basic right...

By AF Editors • Apr 10,2013 Career Advice

Consider a Communications Career

In 1996, a little-known lawsuit was working its way through the New Jersey courts. It caught the attention of a relatively new libertarian public interest law firm called the Institute...