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  • Understanding Jihad’s Resurgence

    Understanding Jihad’s Resurgence0

    Jihad is both an ideology and a global process. It has triumphed in Afghanistan in both forms, and its adherents everywhere will feel emboldened by what they see as a sure sign of Allah’s sanction. If a poorly armed jihadist force could endure for two decades, struggling against the mightiest infidel force the world has

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  • Understanding Consciousness: A Case for Good Fiction

    Understanding Consciousness: A Case for Good Fiction1

    Books have, without a doubt, done great things for humanity. In them, we have recorded some of the weightiest thoughts ever to enter the human mind. By them, we have sustained deep and substantive theological, philosophical, and moral discussions. And with them, we have influenced minds, arguments, and even culture itself. These are all good

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  • Underrated Dating Tips From a Dating Advisor

    Underrated Dating Tips From a Dating Advisor0

    My first article for Intellectual Takeout was “Top 10 Dating Tips from a Dating Advisor.” Today, I’m diving deeper and discussing the most underrated tips I’ve come across in five years of working with engaged and married couples and writing practical advice for daters in today’s crazy hookup culture. Many of the people I’ve met

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  • Undermining the Independence of the Fed is a Terrible Idea

    Undermining the Independence of the Fed is a Terrible Idea0

    President Trump is known for expressing his views openly, without mincing his words. He has shown in many occasions that he doesn’t care about political correctness, an attribute that has allowed him to gain the support of millions of Americans. But being politically incorrect isn’t always a virtue, especially when it implies making unreasonable statements

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  • Underemployment: The American Economy’s Biggest Underreported Story

    Underemployment: The American Economy’s Biggest Underreported Story0

    Both economists and the media constantly monitor the unemployment rate. And for good reason. It says a lot about the health of the economy.   But it isn’t the only significant one. The underemployment rate provides a different, but very important, look into the labor market. Underemployed is defined as an individual with a college degree

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  • Under the Influence of Our Stuff: Lessons From an Old Sears Catalog

    Under the Influence of Our Stuff: Lessons From an Old Sears Catalog3

    We are under the influence of our stuff—home décor and furnishings, fast fashion, modern art, and too much more—and it’s slowly gnawing away at our contentment and human potential. What prompted this realization? Some old Sears catalogs, actually. And a love for antiques, the reason for which I couldn’t quite put into words. But let

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