Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • May 09,2005

Broadcast flag burning

Now that the FCC's "broadcast flag" has been struck down, broadcasters would do well to stop obsessing over exaggerated piracy threats and focus on competing with cable and satellite.

By Daniel Allott • May 02,2005

Changing hearts, ending abortion

Despite all the talk about retiring Supreme Court justices, the reversal of Roe v. Wade is in no way imminent. Even if two pro-Roe justices retire over the next four years, the president...

By Michael Brendan Dougherty • May 02,2005

Outgrowing the knowing grin

In Ben Folds’ case, the numbers (most of them fives and threes), tell the story: Ten years ago, Ben Folds formed Ben Folds Five, a Chapel Hill trio he described...

By AF Editors • Apr 25,2005

Viva il Papa!

The College of Cardinals has quashed the hope that had been brewing at The New York Times, the Jesuit schools, and AndrewSullivan.com that the next Pope would not be quite...

By David Hogberg • Apr 25,2005

Financing Social Secutiry reform with pork

One complaint commonly lodged by Social Security reform opponents is the so-called “transition cost.” “It will cost up to $2 trillion in just the first decade to transition to a...

By Kelly Jane Torrance • Apr 18,2005

Enron hits the silver screen

How was it possible for a small group of businessmen to deceive intelligent reporters, colleagues, and Wall Street analysts? If one believes Alex Gibney, writer and director of the new...