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….
Is the Traditional Family Truly Irreplaceable?
By Eric Metaxas | What can you do to help restore the culture of marriage? Well, for starters, you can go to the theater and take a friend. On May 6th, “Irreplaceable,” Focus on the Family’s documentary on the family, will be shown in approximately 700 theaters across the country. Among the people appearing…
Is Free Speech Passé on America’s College Campuses?
By Danielle Charette | American universities ought to be some of the freest places in the world. Instead, aggressive political correctness reigns. These days, academic free speech is passé. It’s far more hip to deny accomplished leaders the chance to address campus. This May, illiberal activists at Rutgers,…
What is the Wider Impact of the Hobby Lobby Ruling?
By Lyle Denniston | The Supreme Court sent a fairly strong signal on Tuesday that its ruling giving some for-profit businesses a right not to provide birth control services to their female workers goes beyond the specific methods at issue in that decision. It issued a series of orders on six cases, each of which…