Standing Strong

Standing Strong

By Cato | Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words?” Indeed, a recent image that went viral on social media networks and was picked up by national news agencies has demonstrated the reality of this seemingly cliché statement. The photo that...
The Unholy Alliance Against Online Learning

The Unholy Alliance Against Online Learning

By Richard Vedder | I am teaching my college course in American economic history the same way I did 47 years ago, which is similar to the way Socrates taught 2,400 years ago. I am far from unique. There is nothing wrong with this, but the lack of productivity...
FTU Scholarship Award

FTU Scholarship Award

By Cato | Free Think U Foundation is proud to announce its most recent scholarship winner, Ruslan Gurvits, a Junior Economics major and Public Policy minor who attends the University of California, Berkeley. Ruslan is dedicated to education, and has developed the...
Alone Together

Alone Together

By John Stonestreet | Is Technology Making Us Less Us? | Facebook, Twitter, texting, email, video chats, sharing—the number of channels we use to communicate today is staggering. The amount of time we spend accessing these channels is increasing daily, and some of us...
Don’t Believe the Hype

Don’t Believe the Hype

By Richard Vetter | Our universities have become graduate factories.  Few students go to college to become better people these days, they go to get money.  Richard Vedder spells out this malaise over at the “Minding the Campus” blog.  Why do students go to...
If I Could Vote…

If I Could Vote…

By Liberty2012 | A Video Blog in which young people realize that if they don’t stand up and speak out for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness today, they will be living in a very different America...