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  • Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story

    Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story6

    During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. That last activity has become a longstanding tradition in

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  • Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story

    Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story0

    During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. That last activity has become a longstanding tradition in

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  • Christmas 2018 by the Numbers

    Christmas 2018 by the Numbers0

    As the most widely observed cultural holiday in the world, Christmas produces many things—joy, happiness, gratitude, reverence. And numbers. Lots of peculiar, often large, numbers. Here are a few to contemplate this season: $75 – Average amount U.S. consumers spent on real Christmas trees in 2017. $107 – Average amount U.S. consumers spent on fake Christmas trees

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  • Christina Hoff Sommers Interview: On the ‘monster’ Harvey Weinstein, campus kangaroo courts, and reclaiming feminism

    Christina Hoff Sommers Interview: On the ‘monster’ Harvey Weinstein, campus kangaroo courts, and reclaiming feminism0

    American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers will be speaking at Intellectual Takeout’s gala on Oct. 30. A graduate of NYU who received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Brandeis University, Sommers joined AEI as the W.H. Brady fellow in 1997. She had previously taught philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Clark University. A best-selling

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  • Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point

    Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point0

    On the Intellectual Takeout Facebook page, we see a lot of commenters who are not only a-religious, but anti-religious. Sorry to say, but I’ve found that most of those who are anti-religious are intellectually unimpressive. Most of their retorts represent nothing more than name-calling, they clearly lack an understanding of basic religious tenets (which I

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  • Christians Need to Work on Their Reasoning When Defending Traditional Marriage

    Christians Need to Work on Their Reasoning When Defending Traditional Marriage0

    Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Catholic backbencher in the British Parliament who is being touted as a possible successor to Theresa May, touched off an explosion of indignation last week over his views on same-sex marriage and abortion. If his stars align, the 48-year-old Rees-Mogg could become the first-ever “Papist” prime minister. The Economist has derided moves to elevate

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