FTU Course: Should We Ally with Israel?
Israel, Palestine, and conflict in the Middle East grab frequent headlines in the news. Why is the U.S. so allied with Israel, while other nations are bent on destroying her? 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…
The Youth Are Our Future – Raising Free Thinking Minds
The Dissident Dad | When recent headlines range from a women going to jail for not mowing her lawn, to the tracking technology embedded in each of our cell phones, you can get easily depressed and discouraged simply by being aware of the world you live in. I remember when I first announced that my wife…
Is Our World Colored in Just Black and White?
By Jeremy Diamond | Ben Carson, a black conservative activist and neurosurgeon considering a 2016 presidential run, said Tuesday that race relations “have gotten worse” because President Barack Obama puts too much emphasis on race. Carson said he believes racism is “a thing largely of yesterday” and that…
New FTU Course: Why Does Creation Care Matter?
Can we build a better planet? Can man save the planet? Join celebrities, activists, scientists, and others in debating how to care for the Earth. 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…
Reviving Blue Collar Work: 4 Myths About the Skilled Trades
By Jeremy Anderberg | For better or for worse, what we do for a living often defines us. It’s one of the first questions we ask people when we meet them for the first time. It’s where we will end up spending 90,000 hours of our life, over the course of 40-some years. Unfortunately, most people count themselves as…
Does Churchill Still Stand Alone in the Hall of Greatness?
By Boris Johnson | When I was growing up, there was no doubt about it: Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman Britain had ever produced. My brother and I pored over Sir Martin Gilbert ’s biographical “Life in Pictures” enough to memorize the captions. I knew that Churchill had led my country to…
FTU Course: How Much Land Does a Man Need?
By Publius | How much is enough? Read Tolstoy’s classic short story about the man seeking to own enough land to make him happy. Does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Is Asking You a Question
Is Healthcare a Right? ISI is now inviting college students to submit to their annual essay contest. Everybody needs healthcare, but not everyone can afford it. What would our founding fathers say? There are lots of things to think about when writing your essay. What are rights? What is the relationship…
Intentionally Married, Happily Married
Marriage in America is in trouble: new data from Pew Research shows that barely half of adults in the U.S. are married. That’s an all-time low. And if this trend continues, singles will soon make up the majority of the adult U.S. population. What’s more, the median age of first marriage for both men and…