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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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  • What We Sacrifice in the Pursuit of Immortality

    What We Sacrifice in the Pursuit of Immortality0

    “Is the first person who will live to 150 alive today?” asked a recent Wall Street Journal article. The piece features biology Professor Steven Austad who contends that “today’s college students… can expect to live a century or more because their health will be unlike anything seen before in human history.” I had to suppress

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  • Physician Explains the Most Beneficial Approach to Quality Family Time

    Physician Explains the Most Beneficial Approach to Quality Family Time0

    By now we’ve probably all heard about the father arrested for playing catch with his daughter in a park. Regardless of whether you think the lockdown should continue, be lifted, or if you’re undecided on the issue, most people would agree that this incident was a bit heavy-handed. After all, one of the good things

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  • Americans No Longer Live Up to the Hidden Messages on Their Coins

    Americans No Longer Live Up to the Hidden Messages on Their Coins0

    Old coins are one of the closest things we have to buried treasure these days. There’s a thrill in finding something rare and valuable. I experienced that thrill every time I found a wheat penny in the jug of coins I sorted through one hot summer afternoon as a 10-year-old. My sister likely had a

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  • Sanders Exits Stage Left, but His Ideas Remain

    Sanders Exits Stage Left, but His Ideas Remain2

    Bernie is finally out. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it was sometimes easy to forget that Bernie Sanders was still in, or that there was a Democratic Party primary race in the works at all. Following his withdrawal from the race earlier Wednesday, Bernie Sanders fans took to Twitter, using the hashtag #NotMeUs

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