About Us

We're all about promoting what Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis called "the marketplace of ideas."

We're committed to the proposition that free expression and vigorous debate eventually produce the best result for society - if and only if the debate includes everybody's ideas, not just those that are acceptable to one group or another.  

Because moderate and conservative ideas are often given short shrift on campus, we're committed to making sure those ideas get as much consideration as liberal and radical ideas.  

We invigorate the marketplace of ideas by sponsoring debates, lectures, and study groups on important issues.   Most of our events are free and open to the public. We especially welcome University of Minnesota undergraduate and graduate students, no matter what your politics.

Sometimes we'll bribe you with pizza or other treats, other times just with really smart people talking about really important things.