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  • Notes of an American Pessimist

    Notes of an American Pessimist0

    The writer of Ecclesiastes had seen enough of the world. Wealth, wisdom, labor, pleasure – he’d tried them all and arrived at the same conclusion: Vanity. A breath. A chasing after wind. No one seems to talk about Ecclesiastes anymore. Not even in Christian circles. Scholars and early Jewish rabbis have argued for centuries over

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  • Notes From the French COVID Underground

    Notes From the French COVID Underground0

    A 60-something French Intellectual Takeout reader and I began an email correspondence a few years ago. We lost touch in recent months, but when I learned of the severe COVID-19 restrictions being enforced in France, I reestablished contact to get her impressions. “I belong to the vax and health pass resistant group,” Marie wrote, “and

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  • Notes From the Asylum on the CARES Act

    Notes From the Asylum on the CARES Act0

    When it comes to economics, I must be dumb as a stump.            Like many others, I received a letter from The White House this past week announcing that I would receive $1200 from the Coronavirus, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT). The CARES Act is bringing “this $2.2 trillion

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  • Notes From the American Asylum

    Notes From the American Asylum0

    Many people seem to be wondering what will become of the human soul in another world. I am wondering what has become of the human mind in this world. G.K. Chesterton wrote those words almost a century ago in his essay, “The Rout of Reason.” I find myself wondering the same thing on this August

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  • Noted Scholar to Congress: ‘We need a cultural Great Awakening’

    Noted Scholar to Congress: ‘We need a cultural Great Awakening’0

    Political scientist Charles Murray has spent much of his career examining cultural trends in a declining America. He is most known for his controversial book The Bell Curve, which argues that intelligence is a better predictor of children’s success than their parents’ socioeconomic status. More recently he published the New York Times bestseller Coming Apart:

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  • Not Your School’s Reading List: The Whole Bookshelf

    Not Your School’s Reading List: The Whole Bookshelf1

    Over the past seven months, we’ve published a reading list every other week. As we say before each list: At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this ongoing series of literature recommendations.

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