New FTU Course: Is There Sex that is Not Good?
Dorms are becoming brothels, and hook-ups are popular. Is free sex good? Explore the implications of a good thing gone wild. 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….
Chesterton and the Meaning of Progress
By Joseph Pearce | The great British writer G.K Chesterton insisted that progress is not merely a problem but is “the mother of problems”. It is, therefore, necessary to understand what progress is, and perhaps more importantly what it is not, before we can fully understand and solve the multitude of…
New FTU Course: Is Prosperity Good?
John Stossel presents a series of reports on free market economics and the controversies that surround capitalism. View and decide. 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 Welfare State Helping the Poor?
By S.M. | OPPONENTS of America’s welfare state tend to make two kinds of arguments. The first, that of philosophical libertarians, regards food stamps, housing supports and unemployment payments as unjust transfers from some citizens to others. The second, less doctrinaire and more in vogue, holds that welfare…
Studying in the School of Hard Knocks
By Andrew Branch | Millennials face a challenging job market—but their own resistance to hard work may not help. In Lifestyle two issues ago we profiled Dean Hatch, 84, who is approaching his seventh decade in the workforce. He said people can be happy at work by following a simple formula: “They should find…
New FTU Course: What is Real Diversity?
Can diversity be created through college entrance parameters? Consider the real nature of diversity through a study at Bowdoin College. 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….
Do Manners Have any Real Significance in Life?
Seemingly insignificant conventions. Powerful phrase indeed. We easily slip into judging certain things to be insignificant—in any case in the shadow of, well, other looming issues. Hair styles, standing-up or not, deportment: do we have the energy to notice and evaluate, much less address such issues?…
Angry America: We Need More Light, Less Heat
America is facing a potentially deadly epidemic. And I’m not talking about Bird Flu. As Christmas Day approaches, it appears that many of us are acting more like Ebenezer Scrooge than Tiny Tim. According to a new USA Today study, the share of Americans who report feeling angry or irritable has surged…
Zombies vs. the Resurrection of the Dead or Nihilism on Tap
By Eric Metaxas | Late last month, just two weeks after the start of its fourth season, AMC announced that it had renewed “The Walking Dead” for a fifth season. The decision was—pardon the pun—a no-brainer. Its season four premiere captured 16.1 million viewers, outdrawing even Sunday Night Football, on its…