With declining academics, a tight job market, and continued outsourcing, America is increasingly looking at other countries to see how to get ahead in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, however, it seems that Americans are ignoring an education method that’s increasingly popular in other nations: apprenticeship. “American businesses typically want someone else …
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For nearly five centuries, Res Publica Romana—the Roman Republic—bestowed upon the world a previously unseen degree of respect for individual rights and the rule of law. When the republic expired, the world would not see those wondrous achievements again on a comparable scale for a thousand years. In print and from the podium, I have addressed
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“If we just get the right guy elected, if we just get the right legislation passed, then things will be better.” We at Intellectual Takeout hear this reasoning a lot. We hear it from both liberals and conservatives. The assumption behind it is that politics and legislation effects real change in society, and that they
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“Celebrate diversity.” Chances are you probably heard this or a similar phrase during your life as a student. Many public school mission and vision statements around the country contain a version of this phrase. If they don’t, it’s almost guaranteed that you heard it in the classroom at some point. But, does the American public
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