Commentary - America's Future

By Sonny Bunch • Aug 19,2004

Bruce Springsteen, 8/18, Richmond

When I wrote up the Virgin Mobile Festival, a friend dropped me a note suggesting I was way out of line. Why is that? Because I wrote that Dave Grohl...

By Colleen Tigges • Aug 15,2004

Choice? What choice?

Americans make tough choices every day: Breyer’s or Dreyer’s ice cream? Fresh broccoli or asparagus? Organic strawberries? Genetically modified tomatoes? Affluent societies expend countless hours on “fluff” choices while ignoring...

By James N. Markels • Aug 15,2004

Eminent domain on the wane?

Private property owners got some good news from Michigan last month when the state’s supreme court struck down a county’s use of the eminent domain power in County of Wayne v....

By AF Editors • Aug 09,2004

Soldiers with second thoughts

Among the many brave men and women of our armed forces in combat, there are some soldiers who decide they just can't fight.

By Bracy Bersnak • Aug 09,2004

Book review: The Compleat Gentleman

Supposing I had much to learn from a book on modern chivalry, I picked up Brad Miner’s The Compleat Gentleman with great interest. Unfortunately, it is less a book on manners than...

By AF Editors • Aug 01,2004

Lost in Boston

Our man in Boston tells us what the national media didn't report from the Democratic National Convention.