Commentary - America's Future

By Mary Catherine McElhone • Apr 01,2025 Career Advice, Professional Development

The Secret to Networking? Stop Networking.

“Hi, I’m Mary Catherine, and I’m everyone’s new best friend.” That’s how I introduce myself in nearly every setting, whether I’m at a work event, a conference, or stuck in...

By Michael Hernández • Mar 28,2025

AF-NE Hub Event Spotlight: Thin-Crust Growth: Stamford, Zoning Laws, and Connecticut’s Future

With a slice of Stamford’s famous thin-crust pizza in one hand and a pen in the other, I sat down for a conversation on urban development with local residents and...

By Justin Tucker • Mar 26,2025 Culture, Markets & Free Enterprise

“The Brutalist”: A Modern Exercise in Classical, Epic Filmmaking

There were several factors for the decline of the Golden Age of Hollywood. One of these factors was the rise of television in the 1950s. Audiences could watch moving images...

By John Tuttle • Mar 25,2025

In Defense of Private Schools

“Education is a complex and many-sided culture to meet a complex and many-sided world.” – G.K. Chesterton School choice is a hot topic in certain parts of the country at...

By Brittany Hunter • Mar 21,2025

Five Years After COVID: What Have We Learned?

We are officially five years removed from the beginning of the pandemic, and it feels both surreal and all too real simultaneously. The world has slowly, but surely, gotten back...

By Kacey Shriner • Mar 18,2025 Culture, Leadership

Why a Hometown Girl Loves National Organizations

It takes about 10 minutes of conversation for me to bring up how much I love my hometown; Indianapolis, Indiana. I was born and raised here and I even stuck...