728 x 90

Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • Reducing youth aggression isn’t as easy as “Kumbaya”

    Reducing youth aggression isn’t as easy as “Kumbaya”0

    The News Story – Reduce violence, teach children compassion and peace As crime rates continue to rise in many cities, the media continues to debate how to curb violent behavior before it starts. A Wednesday column entitled “Parenting with Pete” in a New Jersey newspaper exemplifies a typical response. “Stopping violence needs to begin long before a

    READ MORE
  • Redskins Listen to the Money Talk

    Redskins Listen to the Money Talk0

    Well they finally did it. The Washington, D.C. based National Football League franchise will no longer sport the “Redskins” moniker as their mascot. Monday’s announcement came via a team press release (on Redskins’ branded letterhead), seemingly bringing an end to years of debate on the controversial mascot. On July 3rd, the team announced they would begin “a

    READ MORE
  • Rediscovering the Heart of Christmas

    Rediscovering the Heart of Christmas3

    The celebration of Christmas has become a mess. For decades, the Grinches among us have launched their attacks on religious holidays. In our schools, for instance, Christmas pageants, singing carols, and any reference to “Christmas break” have long become verboten—we are told, to keep state and religion separate. The bleed over from these policies has

    READ MORE
  • Rediscovering Meaningful Skills with Ray Bradbury’s Gardener

    Rediscovering Meaningful Skills with Ray Bradbury’s Gardener2

    ‘Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people

    READ MORE
  • Rediscovering Long-Lost Conservatism

    Rediscovering Long-Lost Conservatism0

    Have the political parties always held the positions they do today? Has the right moved further right, or the left further left? The Republican Party of 2024 is far more liberal than the Democrat Party of the 1990s. With few exceptions, Republicans have consistently supported deficit spending, corporate welfare, and social welfare for decades now.

    READ MORE
  • Redefining Gender Roles One Quarantine at a Time

    Redefining Gender Roles One Quarantine at a Time0

    The coronavirus is going to send women back to the kitchen. At least that is what The Atlantic believes. Writer Helen Lewis argues that the pandemic is a “disaster for feminism.”  Lewis starts by noting, “A pandemic magnifies all existing inequalities.” That’s certainly true, but from there, she veers into the assertion that this particularly affects women.  Women, Lewis believes,

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024