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What Mike Tyson Gets Wrong About Leaving a Legacy
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 6, 2025
The chief characteristic of postmodern secular liberalism is its tendency to openly deny reality. The most recent occasion of opposing the obvious is Psychologist Erica Komisar, whose new book, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters, has come close to causing fainting spells among the Cultural Authorities. What did Komisar claim
READ MOREWhen I was a young college student, trying to feel my way through classes and take assignments seriously, I dutifully weighed in on an online discussion board with a few thoughts on the disadvantages children raised in single parent homes face. Big mistake. I was lambasted with emotional responses, the essence of which can be
READ MOREWhat used to be a biological imperative is now a point of contention. Mothers staying close to their babies, nurturing and nourishing them in their early years, was how our species survived and thrived for millennia. Now, an author and psychoanalyst who dares to suggest that mothers should be their child’s primary caregiver, at least
READ MORESome readers might recognize the name “Theodore Dalrymple.” It’s the pen name of the iconoclastic British psychiatrist Anthony Daniels, who in semi-retirement keeps on writing books. His twenty-third is Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality (2015). An interview he gave soon after the book’s publication sums up his thesis, which is rather unconventional even if,
READ MOREIn the world of professors, higher education, and academia, producing high-quality content is essential. Many academics dutifully follow this prescription and produce thousands of pages every year. There’s only one problem. As has been previously noted at Intellectual Takeout by Daniel Lattier, most of the academic work professors produce goes unread (unless you count the
READ MORE1. “The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.” – Proverbs 19:22 KJV 2. “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” – Proverbs 10:12 KJV 3. “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” – Proverbs
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