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I’ve been following the UFO beat for more than 10 years. But my interest in it probably didn’t start the same as it did for most people. For me, it started with listening to what a musician had to say on the subject. Tom DeLonge, best known as the frontman for Blink-182 and Angels &
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The month of September marks the end of the fiscal year and the beginning of the federal government’s annual spending frenzy. Federal agencies scramble to spend what’s left in their budgets, in fear that leaving excess funds will prompt Congress to send less in the following year. We call it “use it or lose it”
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What do you do when it’s Friday afternoon and you’ve ran out of ideas to write about? You go to Youtube! Sure enough, after scrolling through a few dozen videos I was able to find something that looked cool enough to share with Intellectual Takeout readers. Grant Thompson (aka “The King of Random”) makes weekly videos that
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Surely nobody in this day and age has the temerity to suggest that there’s anything wrong with democracy? Surely I am not doing so? Well, it depends what exactly we mean by democracy. As always, it’s important that we define our terms. Democracy means the rule of the people (Demos = People). The rule of
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The United States is increasingly criticized for having a “one-size-fits-all” public education system. In this system, students of varying abilities, talents, and desires are provided with a similar curriculum through high school and are prepared for the same goal of college. It is argued that this monolithic model of educating students leads to dumbed down academics and
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For decades now, well-meaning men have found to their consternation that many modern feminists openly resent gentlemanly gestures of service such as opening a door for them. Some of the offended women have actually assumed that the offer condescendingly suggests that they are too weak to open a door for themselves. The culture today is
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