Commentary - America's Future

By Daniel Allott • Jul 16,2006

Not quite life and death

Bill Shankly, the legendary former manager of Liverpool Football Club, was once asked if soccer was a life and death matter. His answer: “Listen, it’s more important than that.” And...

By Kelly Jane Torrance • Jul 09,2006

What the smart set is reading

It’s that time of year again. Summer is here and out come the bronzers, the bikinis, and, of course, the beach reads. There is something about the long days and...

By AF Editors • Jul 09,2006

How not to write a judicial opinion

Justice Kennedy's looseness with language has real consequences for the law.

By AF Editors • Jul 09,2006

Regulatory robber barons

An exclusive excerpt of Tim Carney's new book The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, now available now from John Wiley & Sons.

By David Freddoso • Jul 04,2006

The sabotage of sex

My parents have five children, two of my dearest friends come from families of ten and nine respectively, and I currently know at least ten young married couples in Washington...

By Alvino-Mario Fantini • Jul 04,2006

Europe’s leviathan

How the EU grew into a sprawling international complex of supra-national administrative institutions and bureaucratic networks, and why many Europeans seem to like it that way.