Commentary - America's Future

By Scott Hamilton • Mar 13,2013 Career Advice

Delivery Secrets for Public Speaking

Many books on public speaking have a very simple test as a key to a successful speech: Tell them what you are going to say, say it, and then remind...

By David Applegate • Mar 12,2013

Tax All Income At The Same Rate

Complexity has characterized the United States’ personal income tax system virtually since it’s permanent inception 100 years ago. At last count, the Internal Revenue Code itself measured roughly 74,000 pages;...

By Lance McCaskill • Mar 11,2013

New Policy On Women In Combat Is Naive

The decision by outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to lift the ban on women in ground combat is a departure from objective reality. While this policy may seem like a...

By Jarrett Skorup • Mar 09,2013

Public Sector Unions Contribute to Government Growth

A strike in Chicago and New York City; rallies of tens of thousands in Wisconsin; politician walkouts in Indiana; attempts to change the constitution in Michigan — these events and...

By Elisha Maldonado • Mar 07,2013

Kerry Carefully Talks The Talk About Syria

For two years, the United States’ foreign policy approach toward Syria has been to do nothing. In an effort to appear helpful, President Barack Obama sent his new Secretary of...

By AF Editors • Mar 07,2013

These Aren’t the Drones You’re Looking For: Examining America’s Drone Strike Policy

12 hours and 52 minutes. That’s how long Kentucky Senator Rand Paul spent on the floor of the Senate on March 6th filibustering the nomination of John Brennan to head...