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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.

It seems there’s always some Grinch that wants to ruin Christmas every year. This year the Grinch award seemed ready to go to a British school in Yorkshire whose teachers told students that Christmas celebrations would be banned from its halls. According to The Guardian, that decree meant “‘no cards, no parties, no gifts and
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We’ve all seen it happen. Pick out the toy you only dreamed about as a child, wrap it up, watch a little tot open it, and… see him start playing with the box. It’s an old cliché that’s so true it’s laughable. So how can we avoid such a scenario and ensure that the children
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In case you missed it, Michelle Obama uttered a surprising statement over the weekend. It was all over the news, but unfortunately, not for the reason it should have been. Most commentators covered Obama’s statement because the former first lady let a choice and vulgar term slip into her vocabulary. Had it not been for
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Today’s young people are depressed. According to an issue of the Johns Hopkins Health Review, “the odds of adolescents suffering from clinical depression grew by 37 percent between 2005 and 2014.” And this depression doesn’t appear to get better with age, either. According to a Blue Cross and Blue Shield report from earlier this year,
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