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  • America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor

    America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor0

    I often remark to my acquaintances that Americans no longer tell jokes. Growing up, as a child, I was in possession of a healthy arsenal of jokes that I gleaned from my parents, relatives, and friends, and that I would eagerly relay to others when the opportunity arose. Decades later, I can’t remember a single

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  • America is in Moral Decline… But Why?

    America is in Moral Decline… But Why?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Many in the Intellectual Takeout audience express frustration about the apparent decline of morality in American society. When it comes to traditional morals, they charge, parents aren’t forming children in them, schools aren’t teaching them, and society isn’t adequately promoting them. So what happened? If it is in fact the case that traditional morality in

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  • America Is a ‘Bananas’ Republic

    America Is a ‘Bananas’ Republic0

    Every morning, I visit four or five of my favorite news sites to see whether Venusians have invaded planet earth, the vampires are under control, Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well, and the sun is still shining. This morning there was no mention of Venusians or vampires, the derangement rages on, and the sun

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  • America Has Endured Mob Violence Before

    America Has Endured Mob Violence Before0

    It’s easy to look at contemporary events and feel anxious about the future of America. There have been riots, arson, and looting in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. In some instances, over-aggressive cops shot peaceful demonstrators and journalists with rubber bullets and pepper spray. Several politicians are

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  • America Finally Admits Recycling Doesn’t Work

    America Finally Admits Recycling Doesn’t Work0

    A couple of years ago, after sending my five-year-old daughter off to school, she came home reciting the same cheerful environmental mantra I was taught in elementary school. “Reduce, reuse, recycle,” she beamed, proud to show off a bit of rote learning. The moral virtue of recycling is rarely questioned in the United States. It

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  • America Both in Crisis and on Trial

    America Both in Crisis and on Trial0

    Were the Founding Fathers heroes or villains? While this dichotomy perhaps oversimplifies our attitude toward the founding generation, one would imagine that most Americans think that their country’s origin is fundamentally good. Few political movements in the history of the United States have truly distanced themselves from the founding. Many have tried to twist and

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