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  • Do We Really Want Men to Be More Vulnerable?

    Do We Really Want Men to Be More Vulnerable?0

    In a piece last week for Vanity Fair with a title that perfectly captures the magazine’s signature tone of grandiosity and giddy celebrity-worship—“Jay-Z, Prince Harry, Brad Pitt, and the New Frontiers of Male Vulnerability”—Monica Lewinsky praises the trio of celebs as refreshing examples of men liberating themselves from the straitjacket of traditional masculinity and embracing an endearing

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  • Do We Overemphasize Politics?

    Do We Overemphasize Politics?0

    • December 27, 2013

    “If we just get the right guy elected, if we just get the right legislation passed, then things will be better.” We at Intellectual Takeout hear this reasoning a lot. We hear it from both liberals and conservatives. The assumption behind it is that politics and legislation effects real change in society, and that they

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  • Do We Not Have Enough Enemies?

    Do We Not Have Enough Enemies?1

    Asked bluntly by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a killer,” Joe Biden answered, “Uh, I do.” Biden added that he once told Putin to his face that he had “no soul.” Biden also indicated that new sanctions would be imposed on Russia for the poisoning of dissident Alexei Navalny

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  • Do We Need More Screen-Free Zones?

    Do We Need More Screen-Free Zones?0

    It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m standing near the polar bear enclosure at the local zoo. A few feet away from me, a thousand-pound animal is playing with an exercise ball. It’s amusing. He looks like a massively oversized toddler trying to palm a basketball. The zoo is quiet today, so I’ve got the observation window

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  • Do We Live in a Two-Tiered Justice System?

    Do We Live in a Two-Tiered Justice System?3

    “Violent activists [in 2020] tore down dozens of statues including Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. None were held accountable or charged with a hate crime,” popular X account Libs of TikTok recounted last week. “Michael Cassidy knocks over a Satan statue made out of household items and gets charged with a hate crime,” the

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  • Do We Have Too Much Information Today?

    Do We Have Too Much Information Today?8

    Do you ever feel that you have access to too much information? Do you ever feel overwhelmed by opinions, statistics, arguments, and facts? Night and day, we are assaulted by emails, headlines, blog posts, text messages, podcasts, phone calls, radio broadcasts, YouTube videos, TV announcements. Our life is lived out to the rhythm of the

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