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The Newest 'War of the Worlds' and Its Unsteady Message on Data Privacy
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- August 1, 2025
Among our elites—those in government, corporations, universities, the mainstream media, and the culture at large—are many who fall into three categories: the liars, the muddlers, and the dreamers of the day. The liars look straight into a camera or the eyes of an audience and boldly proclaim as truth what many listeners know to be
READ MOREJust how untethered to the rule of law did the United States come during the Covid response? Before March 2020, most Americans would think that monitoring church attendance, banning Easter services, and arresting hymn singers were practices reserved for Eastern-style totalitarianism. The Soviet Union persecuted Christians and the Chinese have Muslim concentration camps, but Americans’
READ MOREOne of the largest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Over the past few years I’ve led a team that has been studying this ice shelf and monitoring change. We spent many weeks camped on the ice investigating melt ponds and their impact – and struggling
READ MOREThe latest Key & Peele sketch “TeachingCenter” is still going viral. It’s a spoof of SportsCenter that imagines a world where we put as much time, energy, and money into honoring teachers as we do athletes. In case you haven’t seen it, here it is: Most of the reactions have been predictable: “If only…”; “Teachers
READ MOREFor over a week now, Anders Koskinen, our associate editor and an administrator for our social media channels, has been banned from posting both on Intellectual Takeout’s Facebook page and a personal page. Yesterday, Annie Holmquist was prohibited from posting as well, completely unable to do anything. Here’s the warning Annie received: For some odd reason my
READ MORETaylor Swift is probably one of the most famous women on the globe, and her recent album is no exception to her notoriety. The Tortured Poet’s Department, like most of her work, focuses heavily on romance, rebellion, and heartbreak. But is Swift’s work a positive or negative influence on our culture? What message is she
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