It’s not everyday that you get to witness records for any kind of sport being broken, but last year we got to witness a truly amazing feat, as Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman acquired the Furthest accurate distance in Men’s archery title. At a private golf club in McKinney, Texas, Matt, the ‘armless archer,’ loosed an arrow from
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One of the more frustrating things for me is when supposedly educated people refuse to tolerate challenges to their beliefs. Either they rebuff all tough questions with a desire not to discuss potentially controversial subjects. Or they quickly become angry and quash any chance for civil dialogue. Or, they resort to a mindless repetition of
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On May 10, a United States Senate Committee sent a letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to respond to accusations that “employees of Facebook routinely suppressed conservative political viewpoints on the social network.” Former Facebook employees reportedly said that they had manipulated the content of “Trending Topics,” which displays news based on recent popularity, pages that
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Not long ago, University of Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen made a startling announcement: “My students are know-nothings.” As Intellectual Takeout previously noted, Deneen believes that this lack of knowledge is the result of “civilizational commitment to civilizational suicide.” Thus, even while society claims to advance deep thought and educational excellence, society instead produces mediocre
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It is common in political discourse these days to pit “conservatives” against “liberals.” The former ideological group, we are told by the media, are in crisis, while the latter group is in the ascendant in American culture and politics. And self-designated conservatives have repeatedly let us know that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is not
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In an article for The Guardian, an executive for international marketing and public relations company Ogilvy & Mather made the observation that: “Creativity is the most powerful competitive advantage a business can have. Companies need to fizz with new ideas and fresh thinking. But there’s a problem – there just aren’t enough fizzy people around.”
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