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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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  • ‘Tyranny Without a Tyrant’: Hannah Arendt on the Root and Growth of Violence

    ‘Tyranny Without a Tyrant’: Hannah Arendt on the Root and Growth of Violence1

    It’s funny how peaceful all this recent protesting for change has been. In fact, it’s so peaceful that average Americans, trying to go about their lives as normally as possible, are simply surrounded by love and feelings of euphoria. I speak tongue-in-cheek, of course, for the exact opposite seems to be the case. The video

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  • Environmentalist: We’ve Misled the Public on Climate Change

    Environmentalist: We’ve Misled the Public on Climate Change0

    Greta has disappeared. Not entirely, mind you. The official Greta Thunberg Twitter account is still functioning, detailing her continued school strike, her admonitions to stay home, and her enthusiasm for flattening the curve. But in effect, Greta Thunberg disappeared as the world decided it had better things to worry about than climate change. As it

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  • Keeping Us Alarmed Is the Main Goal

    Keeping Us Alarmed Is the Main Goal0

    I’ve been feeling discouraged lately. My guess is that many others are in the same boat because of the same thing. Here it is, summertime, and although we’re trying to come out of the lockdowns, we’re still battling COVID-19 and we may be doing so for quite some time given the recent surge of cases,

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  • Violence Is the Language of the Unthinking

    Violence Is the Language of the Unthinking0

    I made the mistake of scrolling through Twitter last night before I went to bed. It was filled with videos and stories from recent days about statue toppling, violence, and individuals taking their anger out on others. Perhaps one of the most disturbing is the clip of a black man beating up a white employee

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