Andrew Schlafly
A conservative activist who created Conservapedia, an alternative online encyclopedia designed to counter perceived liberal bias in Wikipedia.
Born 1961 (age 65)·American lawyer and activist·Birthday: April 27·Baby Boomers
Biography
Andrew Schlafly has dedicated his career to building parallel institutions for the American right. The son of conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, he followed a path of activism through law and digital media. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Schlafly practiced law but found his most prominent platform in 2006 with the founding of Conservapedia. The wiki-based project was his direct response to Wikipedia, which he argued exhibited systemic liberal bias in its content and editorial culture. Conservapedia became a controversial but clear statement of his belief that facts and encyclopedic knowledge are not neutral, but shaped by worldview. Beyond this project, he has been a persistent figure in conservative legal circles, teaching, writing, and advocating for a strict constitutional originalism and Christian values in public life. Schlafly's impact lies in his attempt to create a self-contained informational ecosystem for conservative thought, reflecting a broader political strategy of challenging mainstream knowledge sources.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Andrew was born in 1961, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Andrew Was Born
The biggest hits of 1961
#1 Movie
101 Dalmatians
Best Picture
West Side Story
#1 TV Show
Wagon Train
Andrew's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1961Born
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $12,500Min wage: $1.15/hrPresident: John F. Kennedy"Tossin' and Turnin'" — Bobby LewisBest Picture: West Side Story
1966Started school
Star Trek premieres on television
Gas: $0.32/galHome: $14,200Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"The Ballad of the Green Berets" — SSgt Barry SadlerBest Picture: A Man for All Seasons
1974Became a teenager
Nixon resigns the presidency
Gas: $0.53/galHome: $22,600Min wage: $2.00/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"The Way We Were" — Barbra StreisandBest Picture: The Godfather Part II
1977Could drive
Star Wars premieres; Elvis dies
Gas: $0.62/galHome: $31,800Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"Tonight's the Night" — Rod StewartBest Picture: Annie Hall
1979Could vote
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1982Turned 21
Michael Jackson releases Thriller
Gas: $1.22/galHome: $55,200Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Physical" — Olivia Newton-JohnBest Picture: Gandhi
1991Turned 30
Soviet Union dissolves; World Wide Web goes public
Gas: $1.14/galHome: $82,400Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: George H.W. Bush"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" — Bryan AdamsBest Picture: The Silence of the Lambs
2001Turned 40
September 11 attacks transform the world
Gas: $1.46/galHome: $126,400Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Hanging by a Moment" — LifehouseBest Picture: A Beautiful Mind
2011Turned 50
Osama bin Laden killed; Arab Spring sweeps the Middle East
Gas: $3.53/galHome: $138,400Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Rolling in the Deep" — AdeleBest Picture: The Artist
2021Turned 60
January 6 Capitol breach; COVID vaccines roll out globally
Gas: $3.01/galHome: $298,900Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"Levitating" — Dua LipaBest Picture: CODA
2026Age 65 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Founded and operates Conservapedia, a wiki encyclopedia project promoting conservative and Christian perspectives.
- Has taught constitutional law from a conservative viewpoint to students through various forums and courses.
- Successfully led a campaign to convince several states to reject the AP United States History framework, arguing it was unpatriotic.
- Maintains an active role in the Eagle Forum, the conservative organization founded by his mother, Phyllis Schlafly.
Did You Know?
He is a licensed pilot and has flown his own aircraft to political events.
Schlafly earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University before attending Harvard Law.
He worked as a computer programmer before becoming a lawyer.
He is a critic of the theory of relativity, which he has argued has a liberal bias.
“Wikipedia's bias is a threat to the preservation of factual history.”
