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  • Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party

    Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party0

    It has been a dreadful three months for the Grand Old Party.           On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump seemed to have lost the White House by narrowly losing three crucial blue states he had won in 2016—Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—and Georgia and Arizona as well. Trump immediately mounted an acrimonious two-month

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  • Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Hope in Our Age of Anxiety

    Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Hope in Our Age of Anxiety0

    Recently a friend who works as an editor for a large homeschool company told me his supervisors had temporarily assigned him to the admissions department. “In June,” he explained, “our enrollments were up 35 percent, in July they were up 100 percent over the previous July, and now it’s mid-August and we’ve already broken that

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  • Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth

    Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth0

    If you’ve been following Intellectual Takeout for some time, you’ve probably discovered that we’re big fans of reading. Part of our encouragement for reading stems from the fact that nearly one in three Americans didn’t read a book in 2015. That’s a problem, particularly since reading expands our thoughts and equips us to make informed

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  • Daniel Shaver’s Shooting Death by Police Never Should Have Happened

    Daniel Shaver’s Shooting Death by Police Never Should Have Happened0

    An Arizona jury last week acquitted Mesa police officer Philip Mitchell Brailsford of murder and manslaughter in the 2016 on-duty shooting of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old father. The shooting occurred on Jan. 18, 2016, at a hotel where Shaver was staying. Police were called to the location after receiving reports of a gun at the

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  • Dangers of the Witch Hunts in Washington

    Dangers of the Witch Hunts in Washington0

    As an anthropologist, I know that all groups of people use informal practices of social control in day-to-day interactions. Controlling disruptive behavior is necessary for maintaining social order, but the forms of control vary. How will President Donald Trump control behavior he finds disruptive? The question came to me when Trump called the investigation of

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  • Danger and Disgrace on Inauguration Day

    Danger and Disgrace on Inauguration Day0

    On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021, 25,000 National Guard soldiers will be assembled in Washington D.C., ostensibly to protect our nation’s capitol from rioters and insurrectionists. Various federal agencies requested the Guard, and governors from across the United States complied with that request. Hundreds more federal and local law officials will also stand watch in

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