Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Feb 14,2013

Government Transparency Is Inevitable

Last week was an exciting one for government transparency advocates. Monday a memo outlining some of the legal justification and limits to the US government’s power to assassinate American citizens...

By Peter Redpath • Feb 14,2013

Some More Not-Workings, Specifically Network Neglect

One mistake that many make is thinking that networking is only about making new relationships. Making new relationships is certainly important, but you also must maintain the network you’ve already...

By AF Editors • Feb 13,2013

Coolidge, The Great ‘No, Thank You’ President

With the federal debt over $16 trillion and the prospect of lowering it remote, conservatives have turned their attention to the last president who accomplished what now seems to be...

By Joe Coletti • Feb 13,2013 Policy

Qualities of the Best Policy Analysts

Last week, I shared a summary of what policy analysts do. Summarizing what it takes to be a policy analyst is a bit trickier. Besides having an interest in policy...

By AF Editors • Feb 11,2013

Media ‘Spin Masters’ Don’t Help The Republic

Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama. David Freddoso, Editorial Page Editor at The Washington Examiner. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2013. 250 pp. When...

By Peter Redpath • Feb 07,2013

A List of Networking No-Nos or “Not-Workings”

In these posts, I’ve already warned you about people who aggressively push their business cards into your unsuspecting hands and the folly of showing up at events fashionably late but I would...