Free Speech Week
Free Think U DC Ambassador Will Moyer met with Alexander McCobin of Students for Liberty at CPAC 2013 to discuss the ways in which the two organizations can help each other in the fight for liberty, including academic liberty, on campuses across America. As a part of that discussion, we want to highlight one example of the great work that Students for Liberty is accomplishing. Students For Liberty has announced the first ever Free Speech Week. With the recent success of free speech walls across the world, they will be…
The Beauty of the Beasts
By Katherine Timpf | Yale hosts workshop teaching sensitivity to bestiality | On Saturday afternoon, Yale hosted a “sensitivity training” in which students were asked to consider topics such as bestiality, incest, and accepting money for sex. During the workshop, entitled, “Sex: Am I Normal,” students anonymously asked and answered questions about sex using their cell phones,…
New FTU Course: Does Slavery Still Exist?
By Publius | In the “Land of the Free” does slavery still exist, even today? Learn more about human trafficking and what you can do about the issue. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS.
The New Narcissists
By Eric Metaxas | Young People and Self-Esteem | We’ve all heard the Greek myth of Narcissus, the proud young man who saw his reflection in a pool and fell in love with it. Narcissus was unable to break away from his own gaze, and eventually died by the side of the pool. Sad to say, if one survey is correct, we may be raising a generation of young people who are succumbing to the terrible danger of unhealthy, delusional, and…
“Win Free Think U $$$ at CPAC!”
The 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is only days away! This year, CPAC will take place on March 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, near Washington DC, and Free Think U will be…
Growing Up?
By Bob Shank | So, what do you want to be when you grow up? Every generation has answered the question based on very sketchy data. My claim: little boys (my personal experience pool) have stayed pretty consistent: policeman, fireman or athlete. The available options aren’t very apparent when you’re under-10; the approved list of professionals isn’t…
PC: A Short History
by Publius | A Review of William S. Lind’s paper, “Political Correctness:” A Short History of an Ideology | Ideologues are in disfavor these days. Perhaps they always have been. An ideology is the product of a philosophical system that some have declared definitive of reality. The problem with ideologies is that they are static. Once they have chosen a system as defining all reality, then if anything comes along (and this seems inevitable) that would question that system, the ideology cannot change to fit that question or it abandons the system and thereby collapses upon itself. Political Correctness is an ideology, so it has this problem…
Let’s Speak Plain English About Spending Cuts
By Scott Rasmussen | To borrow a phrase, Mainstream America and Washington’s Political Class have become two nations separated by a common language. This gap was highlighted by a recent Pew Research Center poll showing that “for 18 of 19 programs tested, majorities want either to increase spending or maintain it at current levels.” On the surface, those results appear to support the Political Class conceit that voters like spending cuts in the abstract but not…
New FTU Course: Are You a Critical Thinker?
By Publius | Tired of getting the WHAT instead of the WHY? Learn to use the time-tested tools of critical thinking as you consider the Big Questions. AVERAGE TIME: 3-4 HOURS. 2,000 IMPACT POINTS.