Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Nov 14,2012

AF Members Win Buckley Awards

Tonight, the Young Conservatives Coalition will award five young professional conservatives with their prestigious Young Conservative Leadership “Buckley Award.” Join us tonight at the Capitol Hill Club to congratulate them...

By Kathryn Shelton • Nov 13,2012

On Election Day, California Dodged A Bullet

Last Tuesday, Californians voted on Proposition 37 to determine whether or not food companies had to label their products as genetically engineered. Luckily, the ballot measure was defeated. Proponents of...

By Jake Horowitz • Nov 13,2012

Start Your Journalism Career at PolicyMic

Have you ever wanted to publish an op-ed in the New York Times, Huffington Post, or Wall Street Journal? Becoming the next Tom Friedman or David Brooks is definitely an...

By Robert McNamara • Nov 12,2012

Denver Taxi Cab Company Tries Hailing The American Dream

How long should it take to get the government’s permission to open a small business? A few days? A few weeks? Try four years if you want to start a...

By Julia Shaw • Nov 09,2012

A Crisis Conservatives Shouldn’t Waste

Rahm Emanuel famously admonished his party to never let a crisis go to waste. This advice should come in handy for conservatives, since according to Charles R. Kesler’s new book,...

By AF Editors • Nov 09,2012

Distinguish Yourself: Use Time Wisely

In economics, we discuss the allocation of scarce resources. Those discussions generally focus on guns and butter, labor and capital, or other economic-speak but don’t cover our personal resources. You...