728 x 90

Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality)

    The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality)54

    Throughout grade school and high school, I was fortunate to participate in quality music programs. Our high school had a top Illinois state jazz band; I also participated in symphonic band, which gave me a greater appreciation for classical music. It wasn’t enough to just read music. You would need to sight read, meaning you

    READ MORE
  • The Tragedy of the European Family

    The Tragedy of the European Family0

    Emmanuel Macron, the newly elected French president, has no children; German chancellor Angela Merkel has no children. British prime minister, Theresa May has no children; Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has no children; Holland’s prime minister, Mark Rutte, Sweden’s Stefan Löfven, Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel, and Scotland’s, first minster Nicola Sturgeon — all have no children. The

    READ MORE
  • The Tragedy of the Commons

    The Tragedy of the Commons0

    • September 3, 2015

    In 1832, the British political economist William Forster Lloyd observed that cattle grazing on common land tended to be scrawnier than those raised in private enclosures. The “commons,” Lloyd realized, were threatened by people’s private interests and unwillingness to maintain the grass enclosure the way they would their private property. Using Lloyd’s concern about the “tragedy of

    READ MORE
  • The Tragedy of Laquan McDonald

    The Tragedy of Laquan McDonald0

    A little while ago, Mary Mitchell wrote a powerful opinion piece for the Chicago Sun-Times detailing the tragic life of Laquan McDonald. If you’re not familiar with Laquan McDonald, you should be. In many ways, he is a microcosm of many of our societal challenges and a reminder of the enormous vulnerability of children. 17-year-old

    READ MORE
  • The Tradwife Movement Reminds Us of the Virtue of Service in Marriage

    The Tradwife Movement Reminds Us of the Virtue of Service in Marriage0

    In a culture that has championed feminism, the Women’s March, #MeToo, and national campaigns to close the gender pay gap, life as a full-time homemaker seems anything but progressive. And yet, the growing #TradWife social media movement celebrates the classic domestic female as its role model. The movement, often illustrated with 1950s posters of apple-cheeked

    READ MORE
  • The Traditional Christian Virtue That Best Predicts Relationship Success

    The Traditional Christian Virtue That Best Predicts Relationship Success0

    There’s an old story about a psychologist inching his way up a battered, gray-and-white speckled mountain. He scrapes and scrabbles his way up the cliff faces and ice walls, a breathless ascent, thinking all the time that he’ll enjoy in solitude an indescribable view with the knowledge of being the first person to ever scale

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024