FTU Course: Would You Write the Truth?
By Publius | Publishing his novel, The Satanic Verses, put author Salman Rushdie’s life at risk, and even led to the death of his translator. In the face of death, would you write the truth? 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 college scholarship fund…
Time for Celebrities To Apologize for All Their Apologizing?
By Jim Norton | Can we please stop embarrassing ourselves by pretending these apologies mean anything and admit they are simply a bloodless way to satisfy our bloodlust? I am disgusted with Henry Rollins. How could he be so insensitive? What he said about Robin Williams was extraordinarily offensive…
Are Smartphones Making Young People Emotionally Stunted?
By Ellie Zolfagharifard | Communicating through emoticons is causing them to become socially awkward, experts warn. Young kids are glued to electronic devices for nearly 5 hours each day. In a study, 11 to 12-year-olds who went 5 days without looking at an electronic screen were better at reading human emotions than their friends. Scientists claim emoticons are…
Parent Consumers, Baby Commodities: Surrogacy Problems
By John Stonestreet | Anyone who frequents Starbucks knows that the order you’re least likely to hear in a shop is for “a cup of coffee.” There is no end to the elaborate combinations of flavorings and variations that we caffeine addicts can and have come up with. Now, this kind of choice is harmless enough….
FTU Course: Is Faith in God Compatible with Science?
By Publius | Can Scientists believe in God, or hold that only a belief in God makes science rational? World renown scientists make the case. 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 college scholarship fund.
What Does Ebola Say About the American People?
By Heather Wilhelm | If you’ve ever spent significant time in Africa—and I mean real, gritty Africa, not the gauzy, Abercrombie & Kent-guided, cocktails-on-the-Serengeti Africa that many moneyed Americans know—you might understand why the current Ebola outbreak is so scary. In many parts of the continent…
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…