Is Now A Great Time for Heroism or What?
By Melissa Moschella | If we hope to protect the unborn, promote sexual integrity, preserve the truth about marriage, and defend the freedom of religious conscience in our country, we cannot simply live good lives—we must live heroic ones. Perhaps there are times and places in the history of the world in which it is possible to go through life as just an ordinary, good person…
FTU Course: Should We End Masculinity?
Has true manhood disappeared? And are we better off without such an ideal? What constitutes authentic masculinity and is it something we want in our culture? Think freely about it here. 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…
American Fathers Seem to be Disappearing Rapidly
By Ben Shapiro | With America suffering from increasing poverty, and with more and more children born into mountains of debt unleashed by their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, the greatest threat of all may be this: the American father is dying. According to the Washington Times, every state has…
Is it Discrimination or Just Intellectual-Lite?
By Charlie Peacock | I discriminate. I have a prejudicial bias toward some people. For one, I discriminate against pedophiles (people sexually attracted to children), but particularly those known by their community as sexual predators or traffickers who have been convicted of sex crimes against children….
Cafe Adds 35-Cent Surcharge to Offset Minimum Wage Hike
By Philip Wegmann | A small-town cafe ignited a firestorm of controversy that has engulfed Minnesota. On Aug. 1, the state bumped the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8 an hour. A few days later, Stillwater Oasis quietly added a corresponding 35-cent “minimum wage fee” to customer receipts. The company’s Facebook…
Balkanized Bureaucracy or Utopian Sanctuary? Part 2
By Bryce J. Christensen | At times, the challenge to campus ideologues comes from scientists willing to bring empirical research to bear on their utopian claims. In 2000, for instance, an intrepid biologist intruded into the ideologically charged pages of the American Sociological Review long enough to…
Balkanized Bureaucracy or Utopian Sanctuary? Crisis in the University
By Bryce J. Christensen | “What an empire is in political history,” declared John Henry Cardinal Newman, “such is a university in the sphere of philosophy and science. . . . It maps out the territory of the intellect, and sees that the boundaries of each province are religiously respected. . . . It acts as umpire…
New FTU Course: What Is The Last Question?
Experience Isaac Asimov’s intriguing story about a supercomputer, two slightly drunk attendants, and a question. See things in a new way. 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….
Katy Perry Is Wrong: Dads Aren’t So Last Century
By Genevieve Wood | “I don’t need a dude… It’s 2014!” Such is the wisdom from pop star Katy Perry on motherhood in a recent Rolling Stone interview. “We are living in the future,” says Perry. “I’m not anti-men. I love men. But there is an option if someone doesn’t present himself.” The option Perry is…