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How to Enjoy Christmas
By: John Tuttle December 20, 2024

There are two trees in the living room — the Christmas tree and the cat tree. My wife plucks Archie, perched like a partridge, from the latter and snuggles with...

What People Don’t Understand about Our Broken Health Care System
By: Brittany Hunter December 17, 2024

The discourse after the assasination of the UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson has proved how little Americans understand the root causes of our broken health care system. Instead of using this...

2024 Was the American Family Revolution
By: Alex Rosado December 16, 2024

Among the many political victories Republicans achieved this year, President-elect Trump’s second term must be attributed to the most local form of government: families. American families and the Republican Party...

How Could DOGE Help Protect Animals?
By: Kelvey Vander Hart December 13, 2024

All eyes have been on President-elect Donald Trump as he publicly shapes his coming administration. Those of us who would like to see the size and scope of the government...

Reviving America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit: The Impact of Pro-Business Policies
By: Remso Martinez December 12, 2024

The entrepreneurial spirit is often heralded as the backbone of American innovation and economic growth. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, there is renewed interest in the business...

What Assisted Suicide and Abortion Have in Common
By: John Tuttle December 10, 2024

Age and weather took the golden fleece from the trees; the scarlet tinsel is scattered. The arboreal vesture which had burst into flaming yellow and orange a few weeks ago...

News

Now Open: Fall Fellowship Applications!
By: Katherine Revello July 30, 2024

Applications for the Fall 2024 cohorts of AF’s Writing Fellows Program and LEAD Fellowship are open through August 25! Writing Fellows Program Ever wanted to see your name in print?...

Meet AF Board Member Richard Lorenc!
By: Katherine Revello July 23, 2024

Get to know Richard Lorenc, former chair of the AF Board of Directors. While Richard continues to serve on our board, he recently stepped down as chair, and became a...

Meet The New 1995 Society Winner: Justin Musella
By: AF Editors May 23, 2024

Meet The New 1995 Society Member: Justin Musella! Justin Musella is a new Councilman in Parsippany-township Troy Hills. The focus of his campaign was to keep Parsippany the safe, prosperous, and...

Meet The New 1995 Society Member: Nicholas Horton
By: AF Editors May 22, 2024

Meet The New 1995 Society Member: Nicholas Horton! A lifelong Arkansan, Nicholas Horton has done political and policy work in roughly half the country, ranging from Maine to Montana. His original research...

Meet The New 1995 Society Member: Daniel Di Martino
By: AF Editors May 21, 2024

Meet The New 1995 Society Member: Daniel Di Martino! Daniel Di Martino was born in 1999 in Venezuela to a middle class family. His grandparents escaped poverty and oppression in Italy...

Announcing Our 2024, 1995 Society Inductees!
By: Chloe Anagnos May 13, 2024

The results are in! More than 100 outstanding nominations came in for the inaugural inductees to The 1995 Society and America’s Future, and we are excited to introduce our winners....