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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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Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine1
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- June 25, 2018
Growing up, I never got into stories with knights and fair maidens. Walking around in princess dresses while imagining I was trapped in a castle by a vicious dragon? Not interested. But give me a sunbonnet and braid my hair and I was lost in the world of Laura Ingalls. I still remember being in
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Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing0
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- June 22, 2018
Yesterday afternoon an email from an Intellectual Takeout reader arrived in my inbox, asking what I thought of the jacket Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children near the Mexican border. Having read a previous article I wrote on Melania’s fashion choices, this reader asked if I could weigh in with some thoughts. Pulling up
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Child Calls Police on Parents… Because They Made Him Eat Salad0
- June 21, 2018
Practically every child has turned up their nose and refused to eat a vegetable at some point in their life. For me, that detestable vegetable was a stuffed green pepper, and only my mother’s firm insistence that I couldn’t have dessert until I finished it made me soldier through and swallow. Last week, a leafy
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Pew: 3 in 4 Americans Have Trouble Discerning Between Fact and Opinion0
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- June 19, 2018
A few years ago, the ACT released a study showing that K-12 teachers and college instructors believe discerning between fact and opinion is one of the most important things students can learn. Unfortunately, less than 20 percent of first-year college students are able to tell the difference between these two items. As it turns out,
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