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    Annie Holmquist

    Annie Holmquist served as the editor of Intellectual Takeout from 2018 to 2022. When not writing or editing, she enjoys reading, gardening, and time with family and friends.

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  • How to Know If You’re Truly ‘In Love’

    How to Know If You’re Truly ‘In Love’0

    Today’s young people have a hard time saying, “I love you” to their significant others. At least that’s one of the conclusions Lisa Bonos draws in a recent Washington Post article. As she explains, the rise of technology, the increase of options, and the anxiety of being ‘perfectly sure’ causes young adults to be slow

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  • Evidence Suggests Some Schools are Finally Freeing Students from the Bonds of Mediocrity

    Evidence Suggests Some Schools are Finally Freeing Students from the Bonds of Mediocrity0

    By now, many parents know there is something seriously wrong with the average American school. Time and again, children go into the school system as bright bundles of energy, curious about the surrounding world, and time and again, they stagger through the system frustrated and losing their interest in learning. Unfortunately, parents have firsthand knowledge

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  • Why Are Young Men No Longer Solid Providers?

    Why Are Young Men No Longer Solid Providers?0

    Syndicated columnist Carolyn Hax recently published an interesting online conversation she had with some of her readers. The conversation revolved around the 27-year-old son (“Ron”) of one reader, who is smart, has a college degree, but works a low-end job and relies on his girlfriend to pay his bills. Ron’s father was puzzled over this

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  • The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?

    The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?0

    The other day the American Girl doll store at Minnesota’s Mall of America announced it would be closing its doors. It’s been years since I walked through the store looking for gifts for some young relatives; nevertheless, I still felt a twinge of sadness over the news. Even more disheartening, however, was the reason why

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