Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Jan 15,2006

Opinions for sale

Most newspapers pay for the op-eds they publish in their editorial sections. Think tanks are in the business of paying scholars to write op-eds, studies, and books. America’s Future, the...

By AF Editors • Jan 15,2006

The best telecom reform is no reform

A new telecom bill would probably make things worse than they already are. For supporters of free markets, the best telecom bill is probably no telecom bill.

By Nicola Moore • Jan 08,2006

The Battle for Social Security

The problem with Nancy Altman’s book, The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble, is not, as the title suggests, that it is deeply partisan. Rather the problem...

By AF Editors • Jan 08,2006

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: An Epic Lesson in Adequacy

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is nothing more than a mild disappointment. It is the epitome of a decent film: thoroughly, depressingly adequate, but not one smidgen more.

By AF Editors • Dec 18,2005

Eight buns, eight wieners, eight channels

If it's absurd to require newspapers to sell their news, sports, and business sections separately so that consumers can get just what they want, how is forcing cable TV to...

By David Freddoso • Dec 18,2005

Learning from the most expensive sidewalk in Washington

PORTLAND, Maine — President John F. Kennedy is rumored to have said that Washington is famous for its Northern charm and its Southern efficiency. This has never been more evident...