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  • Why Do Some Americans Admire Putin?

    Why Do Some Americans Admire Putin?0

    A 2014 Gallup poll showed that only 19% of Americans had a favorable opinion of Russian president Vladimir Putin. At the same time, in MSM articles on Putin one will usually find a fair share of his defenders in the comments section. We noticed the same phenomenon among members of our Intellectual Takeout audience in a

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  • Why Do So Many People Lack Compassion?

    Why Do So Many People Lack Compassion?1

    Milan Kundera, in his beautiful novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, said that compassion was preeminent of all human sentiments. In languages derived from Latin, the word “compassion” is formed by combining the prefix “com” (with) and the noun “passio” (suffering). Other languages use words with a slightly different meaning—“feeling” instead of suffering. This, Kundera

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  • Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?

    Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?1

    I had a fair number of birthday parties during my childhood years. They were highly anticipated and often featured my favorite foods, a few simple games, and a handful of friends. But while they were thematic in nature, they never extended beyond decorations and ideas that my family and I couldn’t execute inexpensively on our

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  • Why Do Schools Shut Parents Out of the Classroom?

    Why Do Schools Shut Parents Out of the Classroom?2

    When I was younger, I heard that a sign of a good music teacher was an instructor who welcomed parents to sit in on a child’s lesson. Recognizing the value of this advice, I incorporated it into my own private studio when I began teaching several years later. Sure, it was a bit awkward at

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  • Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?

    Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?0

    The results of a Pew Forum Survey, posted last week indicate that “highly religious people” are, on average, more engaged with family, volunteer more, and are happier overall than non-religious people. Before anybody concludes that “religion” is better than irreligion, however, three fair questions need to be raised and pondered. First, is this study isolated,

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  • Why Do Reading Scores Keep Declining?

    Why Do Reading Scores Keep Declining?0

    Reading scores for students in the United States have declined significantly in the last 15 years, a slide which continues in the most recent Nation’s Report Card. Some point to the school closures during the Covid pandemic as cause for this decline. Doubtless the lockdowns had an impact, yet data shows that test scores were already

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