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  • Intellectual Takeout Quiz: Are You Religiously Literate?

    Intellectual Takeout Quiz: Are You Religiously Literate?0

    As the Western world becomes more secular, religious knowledge is on the decline.  At Intellectual Takeout, however, we feel that educated people should possess some basic knowledge of each of the world’s religions–even if they aren’t practicing members of any particular faith.  To get an idea of how up-to-speed you are on the topic of

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  • Intellectual Takeout has an app!

    Intellectual Takeout has an app!1

    • March 31, 2016

    It’s been too long in coming, but Intellectual Takeout now has an app. While it’s live on Apple’s App Store, it’s still just a beta version. You can download it for your iPhone by clicking the link below: Intellectual Takeout App Let us know what you think and what you’d like to see on it.

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  • Intellectual Takeout App 2.0 is out!

    Intellectual Takeout App 2.0 is out!0

    A few weeks ago we released an iPhone app for Intellectual Takeout. It was received really well and a number of folks recommended changes, such as sorting by categories and the ability to “favorite” or “bookmark”, to make it better. We listened and got to work on a new version. Download Intellectual Takeout’s App 2.0!  The

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  • Insurgency the Peaceful Way

    Insurgency the Peaceful Way30

    Before becoming the U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth wrote half-a-dozen books. The only one that didn’t deal with military affairs and American warriors was his 2023 “Battle for the American Mind,” in which Hegseth and co-writer David Goodwin addressed the failures of American education. It discussed the century-long progressive movement that nearly buried classical

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  • Instead of Socialism, How About Making EVERYBODY a Capitalist?

    Instead of Socialism, How About Making EVERYBODY a Capitalist?0

    Debates about models of political economy typically polarize between advocates of laissez-faire capitalism and full-on socialism. It’s as if the only choices were (a) “every man for himself” in the free market, with little or no social safety net, or (b) government owning or running the most vital sectors of the economy, for the sake

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  • Instant New Year’s Resolutions from Ben Franklin

    Instant New Year’s Resolutions from Ben Franklin0

    Ben Franklin once said, “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” This little ditty is heavily quoted during this time every year as people make their goals for the coming year. But what many may not realize is that Franklin’s famous quote is part of a longer list of 13

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