Commentary - America's Future

By Leslie Grimard • Sep 05,2012

What Do Women Want?

Is a person’s vote determined by their race and gender? The left often thinks so. It is the norm for liberals to claim the black vote, the Latino vote, and—...

By Matthew Hurtt • Sep 04,2012

Deregulate moonshine

If you take the rural Tennessee back roads that meander east out of my home county of Rutherford and into Cannon County, you’ll soon find yourself at the front gates...

By AF Editors • Sep 04,2012

Roger Custer Featured in Phillips Foundation “Freedom Report”

AF Executive Director Roger Custer is the featured alumnus in the new “Freedom Report” from the Phillips Foundation. The Phillips Foundation and its founder, Thomas L. Phillips, has long been...

By David Will • Sep 03,2012

American judges must keep government in check

The Supreme Court’s upholding of the Affordable Care Act cemented the largest expansion of domestic social policy in a generation. A graver significance of the decision, however, rests in the...

By AF Editors • Aug 30,2012

AF Video: What is a College Degree Really Worth?

Andrew Gillen (American Council of Trustees and Alumni) says universities “are bringing in $15,000 dollars for each student, and they’re only spending $1500 to educate each student”. How does that...

By Cara Valle • Aug 29,2012

You need to read poetry

Poetry, says Plato, has no good place in a well-ordered society. The power it exercises over people can be dangerous, he believes, and the crowd it attracts is often undesirable....