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Why People Are Freaking Out Over United Airlines’ Dress Code 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2017
I arrived in the office this morning to hear that another outpouring of outrage had occurred over the weekend. This time, however, the outrage was not happening on a college campus, as seems to be so often the case, but in a United Airlines terminal. The New York Times explains: “United Airlines barred two teenage
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Learning Opportunities From Our Partners at FEE 0
- Economics
- March 27, 2017
FEE, a publishing partner of Intellectual Takeout, has been a leading non-profit organization hosting sought-after seminars across the U.S. since 1946. Recently named by Forbes as a top summer high school program, parents and teachers have entrusted FEE for decades to provide students with safe, eye-opening learning experiences. 2017 programs for high school students include: • June 4-9:
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FBI Agent Posing as Islamic Radical Was at the Scene of ISIS Terror Attack, 60 Minutes Reveals 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2017
The two terrorists arrived at the cartoon drawing contest in Garland, Texas, with assault rifles and started shooting. They didn’t get very far. Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi were killed by local law enforcement before they killed anyone on May 3, 2015. But nearly two years later, a 60 Minutes segment revealed several troubling
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Are You on Track to Read the Average Number of Books Before You Die? (See Chart)0
- Culture
- March 24, 2017
Ever wonder how many books you’ll have read by the time you die? We may never know the answer to that question, but we might be able to guess how many we have remaining. A recent article in Quartz highlights just that in two fascinating graphs. Based on the number of books the average American
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John Milton’s Lucifer: The Reason People Like Him 0
- Culture
- March 24, 2017
In an article for The Atlantic on March 16, Edward Simon endeavors to get to grips with the fascination that Americans feel for the character of Lucifer in John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost. In a well-written and well-reasoned article, Simon sees aspects of Milton’s Satan in the characterization of thoroughly modern anti-heroes in contemporary
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Why College Graduates Still Can’t Think 0
- Culture
- March 24, 2017
More than six years have passed since Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa rocked the academic world with their landmark book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Their study of more than 2,300 undergraduates at colleges and universities across the country found that many of those students improved little, if at all, in key areas—especially critical
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