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Annie Holmquist

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    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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  • #NationalSpinachDay: Why Our Constant Fabrication of Holidays Expresses a Sacred Yearning

    #NationalSpinachDay: Why Our Constant Fabrication of Holidays Expresses a Sacred Yearning0

    For those who frequent Twitter with any regularity, hardly a day goes by that’s not denoted as National-Something-or-Other-Day. For example, March 26th happens to be “National Spinach Day,” which I conveniently – albeit unknowingly – celebrated at lunchtime. Then there’s “National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day” on October 21st, which some of my co-workers probably wish

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  • Does America Need a ‘Civic Great Awakening’?

    Does America Need a ‘Civic Great Awakening’?0

    When it comes to the direction of society Americans (surprisingly) agree: things are not getting better. That’s the conclusion one quickly draws from a recent Pew Research report which asks what America will look like in 2050. As the chart below shows, Americans think the country will be less important on a global level, the

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  • Five Simple Dating Tips Today’s Young People Have Forgotten

    Five Simple Dating Tips Today’s Young People Have Forgotten0

    Professor Kerry Cronin and her famous dating class at Boston College are back in the news. This time it is Elizabeth Bernstein of The Wall Street Journal who unpacks Dr. Cronin’s class, the young Generation Z students who take it, and the reasons why such a course has become oddly necessary. Interestingly, Cronin’s class isn’t

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  • Three-Quarters of Parents ‘Adulting’ for Their Grown Children

    Three-Quarters of Parents ‘Adulting’ for Their Grown Children0

    I ran across a fascinating little chart in the New York Times the other day. It described the percentage of parents who take on responsibilities that their adult children should be doing. Some of the more unbelievable ones include wake-up calls (15 percent), contacting a child’s employer (11 percent), and contacting a professor to discuss

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