Why are a Majority of Young Adults Having Kids Outside Marriage?
By Rachel Sheffield | Among young adults, first comes baby, then (maybe) comes marriage. This increasingly is the new normal. According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, 57 percent of mothers between 26 and 31 are unmarried when their child is born. But not all young adults are having kids…
New FTU Course: Is Christianity Good for the World?
If Christianity is put on the scale of history, does it tip in favor of helpful or harmful? Join Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilson as they debate this controversial question. 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….
Female Genital Mutilation in Sweden: 28 Girls Severely Cut
The Clarion Project | A Swedish school has found that immigrant girls have been subjected to severe forms of female genital mutilation (FGM). Since March, school health services in a small Swedish town have seen 60 girls who have been cut, including 30 girls from one class alone. Of those 30 girls, 28 had…
The Facebook Timeline and the Disintegration of Memory
By Marc | It’s probably the most boring piece of social commentary possible — “We have more information at our fingertips than ever before!” — but “available information” is a far cry from information really in-forming us, dwelling within us as a living presence, the memorized poem leaping into the mind,…
Feelings, Nothing More than Feelings: Confusion over Identity
By John Stonestreet | Can words and stories reshape a culture? Well, look no further than how our culture talks about being human. Ask a group of people today—especially high school and college students—what makes them them, and you’ll likely get as many responses as respondents. They may say, “I am what…
Is It Goodbye to English Departments Now?
By Mary Grabar | English departments have pretty much given up on their mission of preserving a literary canon or teaching poetic form and rhetorical strategies. Decades ago, politics of race, class, and gender overtook any concern for preserving and perpetuating poetic art. In fact, to claim that there is…
How are Colleges and Evangelicals Colliding on Bias Policy?
By Michael Paulson | BRUNSWICK, Me. — For 40 years, evangelicals at Bowdoin College have gathered periodically to study the Bible together, to pray and to worship. They are a tiny minority on the liberal arts college campus, but they have been a part of the school’s community, gathering in the chapel, the…
How has Houston Trampled Religious Liberty with New Policy?
By Andrew Branch | In what some are calling a sham proceeding, Houston leaders on Wednesday approved an Equal Rights Ordinance that adds the LGBT community to the city’s nondiscrimination laws. Supporters claim it provides necessary protections for the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered residents. But…
New FTU Course: Is Profit a Dirty Word?
Is Corporate America pulling our communities apart? Is there a way to channel the creativity and energy of our corporations into building thriving communities? Bill Gates, Frederic Sautet, and others help answer these questions. 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….