728 x 90

Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • This Is How a Dark Age Begins…

    This Is How a Dark Age Begins…2

    In order to really be said to “know” something, it must become a part of you. Information, ideas, and data: these are external to us. It is only through undertaking the hard, focused work of thinking through these things and understanding them that we internalize them; that they become “knowledge.” One finds this sentiment echoed

    READ MORE
  • This is How a Chinese Son Begged His Parents for Forgiveness

    This is How a Chinese Son Begged His Parents for Forgiveness0

    Last week, people from around the world were moved by the above photo, which showed 46-year-old Zhang Jinli kneeling in front of his parents at a railway station, begging them for forgiveness. According to the BBC: “He was apparently begging his parents, who are both in their eighties, for forgiveness. The paper reported that Mr

    READ MORE
  • This is an AMAZING Insight from a Famous Historian

    This is an AMAZING Insight from a Famous Historian0

    Will and Ariel Durant spent fifty years of their lives working on their magisterial Story of Civilization, a sweeping 11-volume survey of human history written in beautiful prose. After completing it, they compiled their historical insights in a book titled The Lessons of History.         Among the gems in it is the

    READ MORE
  • This Independence Day, Let’s Support the Brave Who Keep Us Free

    This Independence Day, Let’s Support the Brave Who Keep Us Free1

    It’s a sad fact that some Americans who give everything for their country receive little in return. There are at least 41,000 homeless veterans, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and over a million housing insecure veterans, according to Dana Spain, the founder and president of Veterans Villages, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

    READ MORE
  • This High School Senior Explains Why It’s Better to ‘Walk Up’ to Help Others Than to Walk Out of Classes

    This High School Senior Explains Why It’s Better to ‘Walk Up’ to Help Others Than to Walk Out of Classes0

    While students across the country protest school shootings Wednesday with walkouts, one senior says her school in Utah is encouraging students to “walk up, not out” and show an act of kindness. “I feel like the media tends to focus a lot on the anger, hurt, and destruction of our youth in society,” Alessa Love,

    READ MORE
  • This Healthcare Mess is Not ‘Insurance’

    This Healthcare Mess is Not ‘Insurance’0

    The House of Representatives has just passed a statute it represents as “repealing and replacing Obamacare.” This legislation, now awaiting what promises to be major challenges in gaining the Senate’s approval, does amend certain aspects of the Obamacare setup, but all in all the changes are less than earth-shaking, and the previous system will continue

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024