Commentary - America's Future

By Kelly Jane Torrance • May 10,2004

Bright young doomed things

The working title of Evelyn Waugh’s second novel, Vile Bodies, was Bright Young Things. I suspect the change in the novel’s tone had something to do with the swap. Midway through writing...

By Jerry Brito • May 10,2004

After Abu Ghraib, is the war still winnable?

To truly win the war in Iraq, winning "the hearts and minds" of the liberated is indispensable. We have just lost a lot of hearts and minds.

By Jonathan Trager • May 02,2004

The libertarian electoral dilemma

Circus showman P. T. Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Amongst libertarians, millions of suckers are reborn every four years–just in time for the next presidential election....

By AF Editors • May 02,2004

Betrayal in Pennsylvania

Sen. Arlen Specter's victory in the Pennsylvania primary is a let-down for the young conservative foot soldiers in the war for the future of our country.

By Jens F. Laurson • Apr 26,2004

An unlikely champion of libertarianism

Free trade and globalization may be the only hope for the third world, but it's interesting to read such arguments in the pages of The Nation.

By James N. Markels • Apr 26,2004

The one lesson on outsourcing

Whenever people start talking about an economic problem, like the current debate over the outsourcing of jobs from America to foreign nations, I always remind myself of the crucial lesson...