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  • Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary

    Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary0

    January 1 will mark 60 years since Fidel Castro’s seizure of power. How are we to assess this long period, especially from the perspective of the average Cuban citizen? The fact that Cuba used to be one of the richest countries of Latin America at the time of Castro’s revolution and is now one of its poorestought to

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  • Casting a Vision for Our Civilization’s Renewal

    Casting a Vision for Our Civilization’s Renewal0

    My name is Kurt Mahlburg. I am a husband, a father, and a writer at Intellectual Takeout. Previously, I have worked as an elementary school teacher, a youth pastor, and a cross-cultural worker. I am also a published author. I consider it a great privilege to be part of a nonprofit organization that is—to quote

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  • Cartoonist Fired After Poke at Big Ag CEOs

    Cartoonist Fired After Poke at Big Ag CEOs0

    Rick Friday, the longtime cartoonist whose drawings had appeared in the Iowa-based publication Farm News for more than two decades, drew his final cartoon for the publication last week, he said. In a Facebook message posted April 30, Friday suggested he was fired because his cartoon “insulted” someone affiliated with one of the corporations mentioned

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  • Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct

    Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct0

    Over the weekend, famed comedienne Carol Burnett received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Before receiving the award, Burnett gave a brief interview to The Hollywood Reporter, offering an interesting critique of the entertainment industry in the process: “Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey

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  • Carl Schmitt: The Philosopher of Conflict

    Carl Schmitt: The Philosopher of Conflict0

    Now to Heidegger’s friend and colleague Carl Schmitt, who had also attacked liberalism incessantly before the Nazi period, enthusiastically served the Nazi state, and then brooded after the defeat and spent decades developing and promulgating anti-libertarian thinking across the political spectrum. Carl Schmitt was a German legal theorist whose book, The Concept of the Political, came to

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  • Carl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism

    Carl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism8

    Shortly before he died, the astronomer Carl Sagan (1934-1996) offered a two-part warning in an interview with Charlie Rose. The first part of Sagan’s warning touched on humanity’s growing ignorance of science, which Sagan attributed largely to the failure of modern schools. Sagan saw this as a clear danger to humanity, especially in a society built

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