Freeborn & Liberty

The Season 1 finale episode with Dr. Frank Turek, Christian apologist and founder/President of CrossExamined.org. Frank joins the show to talk about what to make of the current sexual revolution and how standards for morality influence legislation in America.

00:01:53:00 – Intro

00:02:25:00 – What is a Christian apologist?

00:03:00:00 – How has gender identity trumped biological sex?

00:05:40:00 – How higher education influences the sexual revolution

00:07:14:00 – Tolerance

00:11:35:00 – The problem with equity

00:13:56:00 – Moral legislation

00:18:25:00 – Destroying remnants of natural law reality

00:21:00:00 – Standing firm against Critical Theory

00:26:40:00 – CrossExamined.org resources

00:28:34:00 – Season 1 wrap-up. What’s next for Freeborn & Liberty

Resources:
- CrossExamined.org
- I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist Podcast
- Twitter @DrFrankTurek
- YouTube

The Postsecondary Value Commission, a partnership between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has worked to define the ‘value of post-secondary education’ as it relates to return on investment, economic outcomes, and degree completion. But unfortunately, these three issues aren’t the true core of this commission’s work. It’s a deceiving front for a radical proposal to permanently infuse racial and economic equity in higher education which is explained quite clearly in the commission’s definition of value: “Students experience postsecondary value when provided equitable access and support to complete quality, affordable credentials that offer economic mobility and prepare them to advance racial and economic justice in our society.”

The commission also states:
 “Without explicit attention to racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity, postsecondary education will continue to sustain and exacerbate inequalities, but a more equitable postsecondary education system can build a more just society, and “The centuries of deep-rooted racism in local, state, and federal institutions and policies have all contributed to White Americans’ disproportionate access to economic and educational opportunities compared to their non-White peers. These injustices continue to play out today within the postsecondary education system.

In the full report entitled “EQUITABLE VALUE : PROMOTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE  THROUGH POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION”, put forth by the commission, it is clearly stated that equity is the central focal point of the commission: “Equity matters. This is the first principle of the Postsecondary Value Commission, designed deliberately to center and prioritize racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity as the North Star guiding the commission’s work. More specifically, the commission is focused on equitable value for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, underrepresented Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, students from low-income backgrounds, and women—as well as the intersectional identities within and across these groups. The commission’s Postsecondary Value Framework requires data to be disaggregated by these key student characteristics to unearth inequities and provide a starting point for policy and programmatic solutions to combat and dismantle them.”

There is absolutely no mistaking it here. A hallmark of Critical Race Theory, one of many sub narratives of Critical Social Justice, assumes that racism and discrimination are at play in every disparity and in every interaction and it’s the activist’s duty to find it.

Read specific actions and proposals outlined in the commission's report.

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The second commission is a joint effort between the National Association for College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) and the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators and funded by a grant awarded by the Lumina Foundation.

Read more about this commission and details about the potential implications of adopting it in higher ed policy.

Dr. Stephen Blackwood is the founding President of Ralston College, a new college based in Savannah, Georgia that is truly transforming higher education. Dr. Blackwood has written for the Wall Street Journal, the National Post, The New Criterion, and Quillette and his first book The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy was published by the Oxford University Press. 

Ralston College: Podcasts | YouTube | Website | Twitter
Stephen Blackwood: Twitter

Timestamps:
00:00:00 - The beauty of free expression and thought; how they can be preserved
00:03:30 - Awakening the human potential
00:11:00 - What is Ralston College?
00:15:11 - How is Ralston different than traditional higher ed. institutions?
00:25:51 - What’s next for Ralston?

This week, Clinical Professor William Jacobson (Cornell), and Founder Legal Insurrection, a tax-exempt research and investigative entity based in Rhode Island, joins the show to talk about a new resource he's been working on for the college search. Criticalrace.org is an interactive database that outlines how colleges and universities across the country are adopting tenets of Critical Race Theory in campus culture. The website launched in February 2021 highlighting 200 institutions and now has close to 300. It's gained national attention and is fast becoming a go-to resource for parents and students in the college search.

Go to:
criticalrace.org

For more insight and research, visit:
https://legalinsurrection.com/

Twitter: @LegalInsurrection
Facebook: @legalinsurrection

Dr. Jeffrey Burl, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan Technological University, dared to speak up against the university's senate resolution embracing Critical Race Theory. Students demanded that he be fired from his position simply for sharing a different perspective.  He shares his love for teaching, and how civil discourse can be the way toward bridging the divide in our country.

Link to the senate resolution and Dr. Burl's open letter in response

Sherman Tylawsky, Congressional Intern and host of the 'Friends and Fellow Citizens' podcast (link below) talks about how radical leftism impacted his undergraduate years in the UK. Through these experiences, he's developed an even deeper appreciation for America and her founding fathers. He outlines how the US is positioned to be a leader in defeating woke culture and how the core of this revival needs to be transforming civics education.
 
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Dr. Brent Ellis, President of Spring Arbor University, a Christian university in Spring Arbor, Michigan penned an op-ed on the impact the Equality Act will have on American's First Amendment right to religious liberty. Implications are not limited to colleges and universities that adhere to religious faiths, the Equality Act would criminalize religious viewpoints of individuals, organizations, non-profits, businesses that do not embrace sexual identities other than biological male and female. We explore the real impact this legislation will have on religious liberty and how to stand firm in faith in persecution from the government.

The Episode:

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:35 The First Amendment
00:12:35 The Equality Act
00:26:00 How we got here
00:37:28 Feminism and the destruction of the nuclear family
00:43:12 At the water cooler
00:50:54 Reliving the past at Spring Arbor
00:59:00 Staying true to faith despite persecution

Resources:
- Dr. Brent Ellis's Op-Ed on the Equality Act
- The Equality Act
- The First Amendment
- Current and former LGBTQ students of evangelical Christian colleges and universities sue the Department of Education 

Social Media:

Twitter:
- Spring Arbor University
- Freeborn And Liberty 

Sam Sorbo, renowned actress (Chicago Hope and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), model, filmmaker, radio show host, wife, mother and homeschool advocate holds nothing back: her new book 'Words for Warriors: Fight Back Against Crazy Socialists and the Toxic Liberal Left", which recently hit #1 on Amazon, homeschooling, the state of public education and the critical role parenting plays in defeating woke culture.

00:00 What is Critical Social Justice? A high-level overview
04:34 - Introduction 
05:53 - 'Words for Warriors' - inspiration and discussion
16:15 - "The second crime scene is always worse that the first"
30:02 - wokeness in public education
47:45 - Homeschooling
59:21 - Advice for parents
01:06:00 - Wrap up and where to get 'Words for Warriors'

Resources:
- Website: samsorbo.com
- Amazon: 'Words for Warriors: Fight Back Against Crazy Socialists and the Toxic Liberal Left'
- Sorbo Family Film Studios: faith-based films
-Twitter: @thesamsorbo 

Listen to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1566623/8321831

Ryan Fisher, Chair of the University of Michigan chapter of the College Republicans shares his student experience navigating progressive campus culture, being doxxed, and how conservatives can begin to bridge the political divide.

Are you or someone you know shopping around for a college?  Be sure to add 'college woke-ness' as an item to your college search list and check out https://criticalrace.org/ to determine whether or not you can expect the narrative to be embraced at any of your top schools.

Anna Miller, Education Research Analyst with the Idaho Freedom Foundation, defines what a 'social justice university' is. She's a major contributor to new research conducted in partnership with the Claremont Institute revealing just how deeply Critical Race Theory has taken hold on the campuses of Boise State and the University of Idaho. Through comprehensive evaluation, she and Dr. Scott Yenner (Claremont), have established a way to conduct this research at scale with the goal of reaching other states in the very near future. From administration's policy to housing and residence life, student programming, and student activism - no area of these two campuses is left unturned.

Follow:
- Twitter: Anna Miller
- Twitter: Idaho Freedom Foundation
- Twitter: Claremont Institute 

Boise State University:
- Summary
- Full Report 

University of Idaho:

- Summary
- Full Report 

NACAC and NASFAA Commission to Restructure College Admission and Financial Aid Through Racial Equity Lens:

Additional information about the joint commission between NACAC and NASFAA, be sure to watch this video or read the blog post. Please share.