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  • Traditional Masculinity Should Be GQ’s “New Masculinity”

    Traditional Masculinity Should Be GQ’s “New Masculinity”13

    GQ magazine held its 25th “Men of the Year” event in London last Wednesday. Talents from across the fields of culture, sports, and entertainment gathered for the glitzy gala celebrating the British men’s style magazine’s honorees for Men of the Year. Curiously, over a third of the personalities on that list were women. Of the

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  • Traditional Masculinity in the ‘Rocky’ Films

    Traditional Masculinity in the ‘Rocky’ Films1

    For children, Fall is a time of new beginnings. A new school year begins, fall baseball or football practices start, and everything that happened last year becomes the foundation of new possibility. I’ve encouraged a family tradition with my three boys that we refer to as Manly Movie Night. The theme of it is fairly simple: we

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  • Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong

    Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong1

    It is hard not to have seen the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof or a stage performance of the play. It is a staple in high school drama clubs across the United States and the world. Many communities have a local playhouse that has at one time or another put on a

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  • Tradition: Good or Bad? How Francis Bacon Approached Communal Customs

    Tradition: Good or Bad? How Francis Bacon Approached Communal Customs1

    Almost single-handedly, Sir Francis Bacon popularized the scientific method. He’s credited, too, with inspiring “the modern world as we currently know it.” In his remarkable works (such as his famous Essays), Bacon drew heavily on ancient literature and proverbs: He looked to the past as well as toward the future. In our fast-changing times, we

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  • Tradition with Incredible Track Record Predicts the GOP Nominee

    Tradition with Incredible Track Record Predicts the GOP Nominee0

    Whether it’s First Lady cookie bake-offs, 7-Eleven coffee drinkers, or Halloween mask sales, there have been any number of fun and admittedly crazy ways to predict the outcome of presidential elections in recent years. But there’s also a longstanding and largely successful way to predict the nominee for the party not currently in the White

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  • Trade Schools: 10 of the Best in America

    Trade Schools: 10 of the Best in America1

    In the last few years, Intellectual Takeout has witnessed an ever-growing realization among the general public that the push for a 4-year college degree is not always the smartest course. Soaring college costs, the retirement of highly-skilled workers, and a younger generation which has difficulty finding employment despite a degree have all driven the wistful

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