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  • Is It Okay for Academia to Be Biased?

    Is It Okay for Academia to Be Biased?40

    Once upon a time, in the flourishing cultural centers of medieval Paris, Oxford, and Bologna, an institution emerged dedicated to the pursuit of truth: the university. This institution evolved from schools called studia generalia, which were attempts to educate monks and clerks beyond what they had received at cathedral or monastic schools. The universities were self-governing, often

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  • Is It More Rational to Bet That God Exists?

    Is It More Rational to Bet That God Exists?1

    You are going to die. Your life is quickly passing away, and your death will be for eternity. And the moment of this death is unpredictable. It could come 50 years from now or 5 minutes from now. It’s this sobering fact that forms the starting point of one of the most famous proofs for

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  • Is it Logical to Say that Health Care is a ‘Right’?

    Is it Logical to Say that Health Care is a ‘Right’?0

    In last week’s debate on Obamacare between former presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, Sanders challenged Cruz to say that health care was a “right.” But what exactly does it mean to say that health care is a “right”? If you were to logically analyze the concept of “rights” you would discover that there

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  • Is It Important to Support Small Businesses?

    Is It Important to Support Small Businesses?0

    It’s difficult not to feel a degree of sympathy for those arrested at the “Democracy Spring” demonstration on Capitol Hill. They are, after all, highlighting the gross injustice at the heart of our present political and economic system. Take, for example, the fact that, between 2007 and 2012, the two hundred most politically active corporations

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  • Is it Finally a Convenient Time to Rein in Executive Power?

    Is it Finally a Convenient Time to Rein in Executive Power?0

    According to the polls, the overarching driving force behind Trump’s win was anger toward “elites.” Donald Trump’s election is a tremendous challenge for freedom. But like most challenges, it’s also an opportunity. We may have never had this much bipartisan, cross-ideological, popular support for wresting power away from government. As Jeffrey Tucker put it, “Everyone

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  • Is It Ever Okay to Make an ‘Ad Hominem’ Argument?

    Is It Ever Okay to Make an ‘Ad Hominem’ Argument?1

    From what I’ve seen, most of the Intellectual Takeout audience values logic, and would like to see their fellow Americans resort to it more often. However, it’s important to not only value logic, but to use it correctly. With that in mind, I wanted to briefly address the logical fallacy most often referenced on our

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