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  • Coming Full Circle: A Way Out of the Riots

    Coming Full Circle: A Way Out of the Riots0

    Another night, another round of riots. They’ve now come full circle, as rioters hit up Minneapolis for the second time since George Floyd’s death. The rationale of the rioters? Rumors that police shot a black man. The truth that soon emerged, however, was that the man killed himself as police closed in due to his

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  • Coming Clean: My 5 Suggestions for Improving the Education System

    Coming Clean: My 5 Suggestions for Improving the Education System0

    At Intellectual Takeout, we often criticize today’s American education system. In reaction, some in our audience make the blanket accusation that we are “against public education.” Others accuse us of merely “cursing the darkness” rather than “lighting a candle,” and wonder what we would suggest to improve things.    Are we against public education? If

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  • Coming Apart: The Real Civil War is in the Democratic Party

    Coming Apart: The Real Civil War is in the Democratic Party0

    The Trump ascendency has thrown a monkey wrench into the political dynamics of both parties. But while it creates difficulties for establishment Republicans in their own party, it creates even bigger ones for Democrats. Democrats had hoped that the takeover of Trump would create a civil war in the Republican Party between the free-market, white-collar,

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  • Comedian Provides Good Reminder That We Are More Than Our Jobs

    Comedian Provides Good Reminder That We Are More Than Our Jobs0

    In today’s society, many people tie their identities primarily to their jobs. They are what they do. After all, that’s what our schools have taught us to be. The stated goal of America’s education system is to make students “college- and career-ready.” It’s quite the reversal from Western education’s classical roots. As historian Henri Marrou

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  • Columbus was Awesome

    Columbus was Awesome0

    Yes, it’s in vogue to forsake our Western heritage, to see dead, white men as evil barbarians. But let’s be honest, the reason they’ve been celebrated is because what they did, despite their sins, was incredible. Columbus is certainly one of those men. In an age when many teenage Americans are too terrified to even

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  • Columbus Day Still Needs to Be Defended

    Columbus Day Still Needs to Be Defended0

    One year ago, I made my debut in The American Conservative describing my alma mater’s efforts to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day, a microcosm of the effort to erase the American nation and replace its history with something more “diverse.” The work of these cultural arsonists has, unfortunately, continued nationwide. Over the past 12 months, New Mexico,

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