FTU Course: A Free People’s Suicide?
By Publius | Os Guinness says of the decline of the American Republic that “The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor.” Do you agree? Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them to participate in America’s…
How Student Debt Harms the Economy
By Mitchell E. Daniels | In 2010-13, the percentage of younger people owning part of a new business dropped to 3.6% from 6.1%. To the growing catalog of damage caused by the decades-long run-up in the cost of higher education, we may have to add another casualty. On top of the harm high tuition and other…
Why The March for Life Matters To Me and Should to Everyone
By Ashley Bateman | When I was unborn, test results showed me likely to have Down Syndrome. Parents abort most babies like me nowadays. That’s why I march for life. Every January, beginning on a Monday, a great, collective memory of marches resonates throughout our nation. A man of great strength and…
FTU Course: Can You Make Your Classes Better?
By Publius | Students can make class more engaging and profitable. Acclaimed Georgetown Professor James Schall has written up the gameplan. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS….
What is the Difference Between Sympathy And Empathy?
This is a beautifully animated video acting out a well articulated section of Dr Brené Brown’s lecture on the difference between an empathetic and a sympathetic response from the RSA. The video neatly wraps up a difficult subject to pinpoint the consequences of both responses . Empathy is the ability to place…
FTU Course: Are Things Getting Better?
We hear a great deal about “progress” in our day, but are things on the whole getting better? By what measure can we judge the answer to this question? Think about this basic question with other free thinking people. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them to participate in America’s fastest-growing college scholarship fund…
Nonconformity and Freethinking Now Considered Mental Illnesses
Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD. Defined as an “ongoing pattern of disobedient,…
Harvard Professor Sums Up Our Religious Freedom in 90 Seconds
By Prof Jack Lewis | Democracy works when most of the people, most of the time, choose to obey the law. Religious freedom in America is not about being free from religion, but being freed from a particular religious mandate. Watch as Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen spells out this…
FTU Course: Are You Entrepreneurial?
Risk and reward, ideas executed to perfection; do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur extraordinaire? Acton Institute leads you to the door of entrepreneurial excitement. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them to participate in America’s fastest-growing independent college scholarship fund…