Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Sep 23,2008

Them's Fighting Words

From the Chicago Sun Times: Charging an extra $3 to pour cheese topping into a bag of Fritos recently led to a scuffle at a Tinley Park gas station. At...

By AF Editors • Sep 23,2008

Nice

I’m a fan of Ross Douthat’s writing. I find his temperate tone refreshing when compared with nearly everything else out there these days. But, frankly, it’s good to see him...

By Daniel Kennelly • Sep 23,2008

Sic itur ad astra

Big robots and big rockets: Some talking points on space exploration for the next administration. Better get on these points, as well as more forward-looking projects like the space elevator....

By AF Editors • Sep 23,2008

Where's our prog-rock foreign policy? Our emo foreign policy?

A couple days late, perhaps, but I wish to second Damir’s skepticism regarding the concept of a conservative or a progressive foreign policy. They are merely the latest — and...

By AF Editors • Sep 22,2008

We have met the enemy, and he is us

Patrick Deneen boldly says what any politician in this country would sell his children into sexual slavery before admitting.

By AF Editors • Sep 22,2008

Promises, Promises

My friend Franklin Cudjoe, executive director of IMANI (the free-market think tank in Ghana) sent me this excellent article on the ridiculous promises politicians make to get elected. Some choice...