Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Apr 04,2013

Get Married. Or Don’t.

Writing at Slate earlier this week, Julia Shaw noted that “these days, young, married couples are an anomaly.” I think she’s right. I also think that trying to convince women...

By Matt Welch • Apr 03,2013

Laugh Your Way Into a Journalism Career

How can you figure out how to orient your journalism career? A couple of things. First, know that much of what you are generally told about the media business is...

By Jarrett Skorup • Apr 02,2013

Government Subsidies Diminish Value Of College Education

When the government is in the business of handing out money, interest groups lobby to get it — or advocate to receive more than they are already getting. So it...

By Ryan Willard • Apr 01,2013

Sometimes, Crony Capitalists Oppose A Subsidy

In the summer of 2007, as gas prices rose to the highest levels in their history, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain responded to the rising anger by promising...

By Nicole Leibow • Apr 01,2013

What Two-State Solution?

As if riding the Washington, D.C. Metro during rush hour weren’t unpleasant enough, as of last month, we now have to be subjected to this: “Jewish and Proud, and AIPAC...

By AF Editors • Apr 01,2013

AF Advertising Agency: Building the Liberty Brand

For people who already believe, the value and merit of the ideas of liberty, free minds, and free markets are self-evident. Yet, at the ballot box, voters continue to choose...