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  • Marcus Aurelius on How to Turn Around a Rotten Day

    Marcus Aurelius on How to Turn Around a Rotten Day0

    When you wake up in the morning, notice how quickly your mind checks into its physical and psychological ailments. Back pain? Still there. Afternoon meeting to worry about? Still there. Troublesome financial situation? Still there. Did you expect it to be different? If you look for them, there will always be difficulties to drag through

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  • March for Our Lives: Can they answer this tough question?

    March for Our Lives: Can they answer this tough question?0

    Shortly after the Sandy Hook school shooting, Intellectual Takeout created and published the image below. The question is as relevant today as it was then. On March 24, 2018, “March for Our Lives” hosted an impressive protest in Washington, D.C. As the main speakers and the innumerable protest signs made clear, the group seemingly believes

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  • Marcel Marceau Was A Holocaust Hero

    Marcel Marceau Was A Holocaust Hero0

    Marcel Marceau was best known as a master of the art of pantomime. He created the beloved silent character Bip and is said to have inspired Michael Jackson’s famous “moonwalk.” But what you might not know was that before he was famous, Marcel Marceau used his many talents to fight against the Nazis during World

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  • Mao: Worse Than Stalin and Hitler

    Mao: Worse Than Stalin and Hitler3

    American schoolchildren learn about Hitler and, possibly, Stalin, but few know much about Mao. And yet, while Hitler and Stalin were deplorable, Mao murdered far more people than either of his European counterparts—and his tactics have made their way to the United States. Mao Zedong was born in a rural village in 1893, but he

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  • Many Women Distancing Themselves from Feminists

    Many Women Distancing Themselves from Feminists0

    • October 23, 2015

    Emily Hill, writing for the British magazine The Spectator, says that it’s time for feminists to recognize the white flags. As the title of her article reads, “Feminism is over, the battle is won. It’s time to move on.”  Today, as Hill points out, girls are doing better in school, more women attend university than

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  • Many New Toys Leave No Room for Imagination

    Many New Toys Leave No Room for Imagination0

    The other day my sister and I were reminiscing about the toys we used most as children. It quickly became clear that the common denominator in our play was a love for miniatures. We regularly used families of paper dolls, bears, and Fisher Price people (the old ones, not the gargantuan, unswallowable, and dumb-faced new

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