Commentary - America's Future

By Matthew Brockmeier • Oct 09,2012

Pros and Cons of Law School: A Personal Account

You’ve probably found yourself in a situation that is familiar to many of us – talking to a law student or a lawyer. If so, you’ve also probably experienced a...

By Melissa LoPresti • Oct 08,2012

Street Vendors Own Businesses, Too

Atlanta Braves fans are a hardy lot. They laugh in the face of summer afternoon games when other teams are installing retractable roofs. Atlanta’s traffic is second to none, and...

By Dawn Heuer • Oct 08,2012

Profile in Liberty: Ilya Shapiro

Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. He is a busy man, full of passion for...

By AF Editors • Oct 08,2012

Social Media Networking Etiquette: LinkedIn

In the last half decade, the professional world has been turned up on its end. From what was a place of physical rolodexes and Palm Pilots, the world has now...

By Leslie Grimard • Oct 05,2012

Caught In The Medicaid Safety Net

In America, one in four citizens—the poor, disabled, and elderly among us—receives government-run health care. Universal health care is an admirable goal. But is it an achievable one? Only at...

By AF Editors • Oct 02,2012

A look back at the Chicago teacher strike

Recently, public school teachers in Chicago exercised their “right to strike.” To even a casual observer, it seemed strange that this group of the highest paid public school teachers in...