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  • Infant Formula

    Grandpa and the Missing Infant Formula0

    Government incompetence and missteps seem to trail us into every aspect of life, even in the food we give our babies.

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  • Grammarians rejoice in the $10 million comma

    Grammarians rejoice in the $10 million comma0

    Portland-based company Oakhurst Dairy will potentially owe $10 million to 75 milk-truck drivers in the US state of Maine because of a missing comma in a legal clause. Last week, Judge David J. Barron upheld an appeal in a class-action lawsuit, opening his opinion with: “For want of a comma, we have this case.” Three

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  • Grammar Nazis: A True Intellectual is More Gracious

    Grammar Nazis: A True Intellectual is More Gracious0

    Every day on Facebook, I watch as some debate is interrupted by a correction of a participant’s grammar. When these corrections occur on Intellectual Takeout, they are sometimes accompanied by a dig at the person’s intelligence, with the implication that the corrector is much more of an intellectual. For all of you Grammar Nazis out

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  • Graduates, Be Skeptical of Those in Power

    Graduates, Be Skeptical of Those in Power0

    It is graduation season, and with it comes the inevitable commencement speeches that encourage the new graduates to go forth bravely into the world, transform it, and leave their marks. I doubt any college administrators will ever invite someone like me to give such a speech. In some ways, it is for the best. I

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  • Grade Acceleration Benefits Learners and Schools. Why Is It so Rare?

    Grade Acceleration Benefits Learners and Schools. Why Is It so Rare?0

    New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio is making headlines suited for satire. A commission he assembled recently released a report recommending the elimination of gifted programs in order to reduce inequality – a remedy of Harrison Burgeron proportions. Unfortunately, as a general nationwide trend, public schools have already neglected the top students in favor of an

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  • GQ Magazine Includes the Bible on its List of Books Not Worth Reading

    GQ Magazine Includes the Bible on its List of Books Not Worth Reading0

    A new article in GQ lists the“21 most overrated books ever.” Of the 21 books GQ lists that aren’t worth reading, one of them is the Bible. It’s enough to make you wonder if GQ is a magazine worth reading.   The Bible gets the boot, along with Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and

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