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  • Charles Dickens Wouldn’t Have Played Powerball

    Charles Dickens Wouldn’t Have Played Powerball0

    Lottery obsession is nothing new, Nina Martyris tells us in a story for NPR. In fact, Charles Dickens was horrified by the lottery. As recounted in Dickens’ Pictures from Italy, he was fascinated by the disturbing lottery practices he witnessed in Naples in 1845. So popular was the local lottery of the time that Neapolitans

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  • Charlamagne tha God and Killer Mike Call for Lawful Black Gun Ownership

    Charlamagne tha God and Killer Mike Call for Lawful Black Gun Ownership0

    In March, Princess Pope was forced to close her business – Guns and Roses Boutique, located in Dallas – because of the coronavirus. Then things got worse. Shortly after she was allowed to reopen, Pope’s store was vandalized and looted during the protests and riots that erupted following the death of George Floyd. “I can’t believe it,” Pope told

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  • Charity Begins at Home: The Case of Mrs. Jellyby vs. JD Vance

    Charity Begins at Home: The Case of Mrs. Jellyby vs. JD Vance4

    In Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House,” we encounter Mrs. Jellyby, a fanatical, crusading philanthropist who by correspondence and personal contacts hopes to bring education and trade to a remote part of Africa. Mrs. Jellyby spends much of her time dictating letters and memorandum to a “jaded and unhealthy-looking” girl who “seemed to have no article of

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  • Charges Dropped Against Two Canadian Pastors, Jailed for Holding Church During COVID

    Charges Dropped Against Two Canadian Pastors, Jailed for Holding Church During COVID0

    Two pastors from Alberta, Canada, who held church services in defiance of provincial public health orders, have had their names cleared after all charges against them were dropped last month. James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton and Timothy Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary spent a combined 53 days in jail in early

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  • Character, Not Control, Is the Antidote to Evil

    Character, Not Control, Is the Antidote to Evil0

    Humans are dangerous creatures capable of great evil. This inescapable truth bombards us every time we turn on the news. The weight of this knowledge bears down on every human soul, and with every tragedy, we are starkly reminded of it. We cry out for someone to save us from our inherent capacity for evil.

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  • Character Education: Should More Schools Be Providing It?

    Character Education: Should More Schools Be Providing It?0

    • August 24, 2015

    A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece which raised the idea of separating sports from school. Many of you agreed that uncoupling the two would be beneficial in boosting academic performance. According to a new poll from Education Next, Intellectual Takeout’s readers are not alone in wanting to see less emphasis on sports in

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