by jstewardfree | Nov 12, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
After WWII, conservatism saw new leaders arise in Barry Goldwater and Robert Taft. Dr. Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation looks at these men and their ideas. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course...
by jstewardfree | Nov 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Janie B. Cheaney | There’s a fight going on in the pages of The New Republic. Over the last couple of months, evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker has been duking it out with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of the magazine, over two great human endeavors: In...
by jstewardfree | Nov 8, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Anthony Esolen | In October, 1919, a heavily “progressive” Congress passed the Volstead Act enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting, for almost all purposes, the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. There are two things everybody has...
by jstewardfree | Nov 6, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Lesley Clark | President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in the Oval Office Friday with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani girl who was shot in the head on her school bus by Taliban gunmen for criticizing their rule, including banning education for girls....
by jstewardfree | Nov 4, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Free Think U Foundation is proud to highlight another of its recent members, Libby Hase, who graduated from Duke University in December 2012. Libby has received a grant of $1,000 for her involvement as a student editor for Free Think University. Libby became part of...
by jstewardfree | Nov 4, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | It is hardly news that almost everyone is dissatisfied with Washington these days. But just how bad are the numbers? The editors of AEI’s Political Report look at the polls and find some deeply troubling trends: Trust and...
