Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Aug 01,1999

Silicon Seduction: Politics and the New Economy

It was only a matter of time before the billions of dollars in new wealth that has attracted so many entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley and other high tech meccas attracted...

By AF Editors • Jun 01,1999

Communicating Conservatism: Reaching Hispanic Communities

Conservatives know that a key component of the left’s ongoing demagoguery is to portray us as uncaring, mean-spirited, and racist–the universal insult. Conservatives are described as opposing not just core...

By AF Editors • May 01,1999

Are We Ready? The Threat of Biochemical Terrorism

You have to be lucky all the time . . . We have to be lucky just once. -An international terrorist group Today’s headlines are filled with reports of megaton...

By AF Editors • Apr 01,1999

Trial Lawyers Take Aim

In the latest wave of mega-lawsuits, the cities of Chicago, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami, and Bridgeport, among others, have filed lawsuits against firearm manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and trade associations because,...

By AF Editors • Mar 01,1999

Know Your Customer: George Bailey meets Uncle Sam

Recently proposed federal regulations-commonly referred to as “Know Your Customer” (KYC) rules-would require banks and other financial institutions to monitor every transaction conducted by each of their customers and report...

By AF Editors • Feb 01,1999

Foreign Aid Fallacies and Follies

The Clinton Administration is preparing to ask the new Congress to spend some $2.8 billion in “emergency” foreign aid–U.S. taxpayer dollars that will in theory be used to bolster developing...