The Enlightenment dream was of a West united by the secular ideals of freedom and equality, rather than by traditional Christianity. Apparently, that dream is finally becoming more of a reality. According to a poll released by the Pew Foundation last week, a “rapidly rising” segment of U.S. adults now identify as “spiritual but not
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As fall approaches and students head off to college, can hitting the books be far behind? Maybe the attack is already underway, as incoming freshmen finally turn to that summer reading assigned by colleges at the time of their acceptance. But for all students there are syllabi to be read, books to be purchased—and perhaps
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Flooding in homes and businesses across Houston was still on the rise when Politico ran a provocative article, titled “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like.” Politico was not alone, as another news outlet called the one-two punch of Harvey and Irma the potential “new normal.” Brad Johnson, executive director of the advocacy group Climate
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The culture leans sharply left, and in our current, highly-polarized political climate that means conservatives in the arts tend to be treated as outsiders at best and pariahs at worst. Listen to the personal experiences of conservatives in Hollywood, for example, whether “above the line” (the stars, producers and directors) or below it (the rest
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“How can people hate me, when they don’t even know me?” This is the question that drives the subject of a fantastic new documentary on Netflix called “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race, and America,” directed by Matt Ornstein. For the past 30 years, soul musician Daryl Davis has been traveling the country in search of
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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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