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  • Really, Mr. President?

    Really, Mr. President?0

    Yesterday, Minneapolis Public Schools proudly shared a letter of congratulations from President Obama. Here’s the post:  Here’s the letter:  Assuming the letter is real, the President really ought to have had his team check out the school district before sending a letter of congratulations to the interim superintendent. We certainly agree that “Our Nation’s future

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  • Reality: Most People Don’t Care about Truth

    Reality: Most People Don’t Care about Truth1

    “The pain of our corruption must be healed by virtue, knowledge, and eloquence.”—Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) In the wake of the “Trump phenomena” and other recent political developments, many people have become concerned that we have entered a “post-truth” era characterized by a contempt for objective facts. Fittingly, Oxford Dictionaries made “post-truth” the word of the

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  • Reality Rejected: New NPR CEO Says ‘There Are Many Truths’

    Reality Rejected: New NPR CEO Says ‘There Are Many Truths’6

    Do encyclopedias like Wikipedia or news organizations like NPR exist to tell us the truth, to inform us about reality? Perhaps it’s not so simple anymore. The recent example of the former CEO of Wikimedia and new CEO of NPR, Katherine Maher, is a case in point. A pair of Maher’s speeches have been making

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  • Reality L. Winner: 8 Things to Know About the NSA Contractor Accused of Leaking Classified Info on Russian Hacking

    Reality L. Winner: 8 Things to Know About the NSA Contractor Accused of Leaking Classified Info on Russian Hacking0

    Reality Leight Winner is a 25-year-old federal contractor accused of leaking classified information related to the alleged 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack. The DOJ announced the charges against Winner on Monday. She stands accused of “removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet,” according to a federal complaint. As

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  • Real Progressives Study the Classics

    Real Progressives Study the Classics0

    Classical education has a marketing problem. Across the nation, schools that use a classical curriculum—one that emphasizes traditional methods of teaching the basics and a knowledge of ancient literature—are producing remarkably well-educated students. (For an example of a classical curriculum, check out this school near the Intellectual Takeout offices.)   Yet, at the same time,

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  • Real Men Wanted

    Real Men Wanted0

    Another wonder of technology was unveiled recently when marine archaeologists used undersea drones to locate and record the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. Video footage shows a surprisingly well-preserved ship, its name still intact and clearly visible. Digging up historical artifacts is always fascinating, particularly when those artifacts are tied to a thrilling event like

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