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There's No Such Thing as Secular Christmas
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 23, 2025






Remember James Damore, the young Google engineer who was sacked last August for resisting the company’s gender equality programme? Damore wasn’t against having more women in tech, he just did not believe the present male-female imbalance is owing to sexism and can be rectified by changing men’s attitudes. The sexes tend to have different work
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If you’ve ever fallen prey to clicking on a BuzzFeed list which asks you to check off the books you’ve read, you’ve probably come away somewhat ashamed, resolving to read more. But while it’s good to inspire ourselves to read more, it’s important to remember what the real purpose of reading is. According to Sir
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Most Americans believe that the United States is in decline. To support that belief, eyes inevitably turn to the example of Ancient Rome for parallels between their fall and our supposed decline. There are many theories behind the cause of Rome’s fall. However, I frequently come across one theory more than any others. Simply put,
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One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has always been. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in our responses to the recent Parkland, Florida, massacre. Part of the responses to those murders are calls to raise the age to purchase a gun and to have
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In recent years, the rise of high school graduation rates has been met with great exaltation. Naturally, these numbers seem to indicate that all is well in America’s classrooms. But have you ever noticed the odd discrepancy which accompanies these graduation rates? Why is that 83 percent of American students graduated from high school in
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Isn’t philosophy supposed to help people live well, not just exercise the mind? That was the ancient view. The evidence is clear that exposure to philosophical questions, ideas, and dialogue at an early age improves academic outcomes generally, and in particular cultivates the skills needed for reasoned dialogue. (Intellectual Takeout has posted several pieces to
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