Political Correctness Is Cultural Marxism
By W.A. Beatty | The excellent AT article “Conservatives Pushing Back” by Bruce Walker explored what we conservative thinkers (We are, after all, American Thinkers) have known for quite some time: political correctness (PC) is to culture what Marxism is to economics. To recognize that fact arms us with what we need in order to push back. As Walker says (emphasis added), “[t]hese marketplace ballots are the key not only to the survival of a non-totalitarian America, but also to the final defeat of…
Politically Incorrect?
By Lee Habeeb | The kind of TV show millions of Americans have been praying for…The show has been funny from day one, but it took time to find an audience. When it debuted in 2010, it drew only 1.81 million viewers. When it began its second season in October 2011, it drew 3.94 million. The third season averaged 8.4 million viewers, more than double the number in season two. Not only is the show old-fashioned, but it
Be Employable; Study Philosophy
By Shannon Rupp | The discipline teaches you how to think clearly, a gift that can be applied to just about any line of work. It must be summer. In anticipation of fall course schedules, several people have asked what I think someone who wants to be a journalist should study. A few years ago I realized my favorite answer — not journalism…
Listening to Young Atheists
By Larry Alex Taunton | The Atlantic | “Church became all about ceremony, handholding, and kumbaya,” Phil said with a look of disgust. “I missed my old youth pastor. He actually knew the Bible.” I have known a lot of atheists. The late Christopher Hitchens was a friend with whom I debated, road tripped, and even had a lengthy private Bible study. I have moderated Richard Dawkins and…
Hooking Up in Shakespeare’s World
By Gina Dalfonzo | The Atlantic | Drunken One-Night Stands Don’t Fit in Shakespeare’s World, Yet Joss Whedon put one in his new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Here’s why it doesn’t work. In Joss Whedon’s otherwise delightful new update of Much Ado about Nothing, there’s one moment that jars. It’s unfortunate that it should be the opening moment of the film….
Mitch Daniels’s Gift to Academic Freedom
By Benno Schmidt | His skepticism about the merits of a sacrosanct liberal history textbook has sparked an overdue debate. Most Americans would agree that academic freedom is a sacred right of the academy and crucial to the American experiment in democracy. But what is it really? That’s the question raised by…
Student Drought Hits Smaller Universities
By Cameron McWhirter and Douglas Belkin | Loyola University New Orleans faces a $9.5 million budget gap caused by 25% fewer freshmen this fall than it had expected. As Loyola University New Orleans gears up for fall classes next month, the 101-year-old Jesuit University faces a crisis: There will be 25% fewer freshmen than…
Free Think U Scholarship Goes to App State Student
By Prof Jack Lewis | Free Think U Foundation is proud to announce another of its recent scholarship winners, Jon Schneider, who is enrolled at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Jon was awarded a grant toward his college tuition costs in part because of his course editing work for Free Think University. “I decided I wanted to get involved because I wanted to be a part of something…
Marriage on the Ropes?
By Eric Metaxas | You’ve heard it over and over: Gay “Marriage” is inevitable. Well, at least that’s what it supporters want you to believe. In his book, “The Black Swan,” Nicholas Nassim Taleb discussed what he calls the “narrative fallacy.” This refers to our “limited ability” to look at a sequence of facts “without weaving an explanation into them.” While this tendency helps us make sense of the world around us, it can and often does…