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  • When Inequality Is Fatal for Men

    When Inequality Is Fatal for Men1

    Equality has always been an American preoccupation, right from the words “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence. Yet even that phrase is not egalitarian enough by today’s lights; feminists have long objected to the gendered language of “all men.” Thomas Jefferson didn’t mean to commit a microaggression; in 1776, “all men”

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  • When Half Of NYC’s Tax Base Leaves And Never Comes Back

    When Half Of NYC’s Tax Base Leaves And Never Comes Back0

    The separateness in New York, and by extension much of the nation curled around it from America’s eastern edge, stands out. There are the hyper-wealthy and there are the multi-generational poor. They depend on each other, but with COVID who needs who more has changed. It’s easy to stress how far apart the rich and

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  • When Guests Come In, Your TV Should Go Off

    When Guests Come In, Your TV Should Go Off0

    Who leaves their TV on when hosting guests? The answer should be “no one.” Unfortunately, in real life the answer is “lots of people.” I have lost count of how often I’ve arrived at someone’s home as an invited guest while they were watching TV. Common courtesy suggests that the TV set should be switched

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  • When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves

    When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves0

    People often assume that government welfare programs provide the resources and safety net that local communities cannot. But in the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care

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  • When French Atheists Committed Genocide

    When French Atheists Committed Genocide0

    New research shows that the French Revolution massacred vast numbers of women, children, and noncombatants in the Vendée region of France in 1794-95, after repressing a short-lived rebellion against the Revolutionary regime. Jaspreet Sing Boparai describes the incredible bloodshed in an article in Quillette titled “The French Genocide That Has Been Air-Brushed from History.” This

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  • When Freedom and the Common Good Collide

    When Freedom and the Common Good Collide0

    One of the things that I really enjoy about writing for Intellectual Takeout is the quality and challenging nature of those who visit this site. This was evident in the comment to my last article about the danger of using half-digested Shakespeare to win an argument or make a point. The person whom I took

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