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  • Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections

    Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections0

    In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. With scores like that, the U.S. isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award any time soon. So what is America’s international literacy ranking? According to The Washington Post, the U.S. places seventh behind Nordic countries

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  • Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore

    Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore0

    It’s no secret that Americans like to eat – particularly at restaurants. Just last spring Bloomberg reported that Americans now spend more on dining out than they do on groceries. However, companies such as Plated and Blue Apron are trying to encourage more Americans to eat-in. They deliver meal kits to customers’ homes which offer

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  • Americans Could Use a Good Stiff Shot of ‘Prude’ Juice

    Americans Could Use a Good Stiff Shot of ‘Prude’ Juice0

    Just recently, a 40-something friend confessed a fact about herself that blew me away: She hasn’t set foot inside a movie theater since she was three years old. In her childhood, the family budget precluded jaunts to the theater. The introduction of videos, DVDs, and streaming services one by one afforded her plenty of film

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  • Americans Continue to Flee to These Low-Tax States

    Americans Continue to Flee to These Low-Tax States0

    According to the most recent Census Bureau data on state-to-state migration flows, 523,000 people moved to California from other states. But at the same time, more than 661,000 Californians moved to other states. That is, on net, nearly 138,000 more people left California than moved into it from elsewhere in the US. Yet, California isn’t the worst

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  • Americans Can’t Get Enough Guns

    Americans Can’t Get Enough Guns0

    My local gun dealer’s website has a huge banner in the middle of the homepage that says, LIMITED INVENTORY—CALL AHEAD. So, a few weeks ago, that’s what I did. “Hey,” I said, “Do you guys have any Remington 870s?” “Nope.” “How about a Ruger SP101?” “Nope.” “Smith and Wesson M&P?” He just laughed. Back in

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  • Americans Aren’t Losing Religion, They’re Inventing a New One

    Americans Aren’t Losing Religion, They’re Inventing a New One0

    In the opening prayers of the traditional Latin Mass, the priest and the servers kneel at the foot of the altar and speak these words, “Introibo ad altare Dei…” which means “I will go to the altar of God.” Many readers of Intellectual Takeout “go to the altar of God,” meaning they possess a belief

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