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.
The cultural climate out there is weird. Just about every American adult feels it, although we try to go about life as normal, pushing our unease aside. But what about the kids? Does the cultural unrest affect them as well? Writer George Packer suggests it does. “When the Culture War Comes for the Kids” is
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I’ll admit it. I’ve always had a secret fondness for stories about one-room schools. Why? Perhaps it’s the simpler time. Perhaps it’s the fact that they seemed to value good education and hard work. Perhaps it’s the family-like structure and community they fostered. That last element is especially missing from today’s schools, which ship busloads
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My father lost his job while I was in grade school. Due to an economic downturn and attempts to start a business, my family lived without a regular paycheck for over two years. It was rough. We tightened our belts and became experts in frugality. But one doesn’t feel the big pressures of economic distress
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If you haven’t heard, the city of San Francisco is setting out to rid itself of terrorism. Domestic terrorism, that is. “Great!” many of us would say. “A city should work hard to keep its citizens safe.” The trouble is, San Francisco has an interesting definition of what constitutes a domestic terrorist. In a recent
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