FTU Course: Is Islamic Extremism a Global Threat?
Is there any real benefit to seeking to defeat Islamism? With all the recent pain and death, what is the point of continuing? Can this ideology be defeated? Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair states what is at stake in this important question. Sign in to the class here to learn more about…
Climate Science Is Not Yet a Settled Issue
By Steven E. Koonin | The idea that “Climate science is settled” runs through today’s popular and policy discussions. Unfortunately, that claim is misguided. It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse-gas emissions and the environment. But it also has..
FTU Course: Is Historic Revisionism a Problem?
Is the academy re-writing history? Can we really know what happened in the past? Does truth change over time? Consider these important questions from several current positions with other free thinkers. 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…
Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues
By Bari Weiss | The cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and women risks undermining Western civilization. ‘What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,” says Camille Paglia. This self-described “notorious Amazon feminist” isn’t telling anyone to Lean In or asking…
Updated FTU Course: So…Are You Grateful?
Cicero claimed that “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Was he right? And are you grateful? Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for students and qualify them to participate in America’s fastest-growing…
Is the Modern College Standing on a Religious Cliff?
By Naomi Schaefer Riley | In the spring of 2014, the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club decided to drop its sponsorship of a Black Mass, the satanic ritual in which people dress up as members of the clergy and defile a communion wafer, which Catholics believe to be the consecrated host—that is…
J. Budziszewski: Navigating Today’s Insane Educational System
By the Editors of The Intercollegiate Review | A professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas, J. Budziszewski is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen books, including On the Meaning of Sex, The Line Through the Heart, How to Stay Christian in College, and his latest, Commentary on…
FTU Course: Is There a Case for Intelligent Design?
What theory best explains life on earth? Is there a designer of life, or is life the random product of natural selection? Experts argue the claims of intelligent design theory. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them to…
Building Critical Distance: Lawler pt. 2
By Peter Lawler | The technological criticism of political correctness is true enough. Instead of getting people all angry about being oppressed for this or that reason, education should be about the true liberation that comes with have the skills and competencies required to flourish in our marketplace….