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  • Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (25-1)

    Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (25-1)0

    Yesterday we gave you a quick appetizer of Intellectual Takeout’s top 2016 posts, numbers 50 through 26. Today we bring you Intellectual Takeout’s 25 most read articles in 2016. Looking forward to a great 2017 of rational and reasoned discourse with you, our wonderful audience! 25. 5 Ways to Spot a Psychopath             If you

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  • Webcamming: The Sex Work Revolution No One Will Talk About

    Webcamming: The Sex Work Revolution No One Will Talk About0

    The development of the internet has completely transformed the way we do business; and the “oldest profession” is no exception. In a world of online chatrooms, webcam performers can market anything from conversation to explicit sex acts. And unlike pornography or prostitution, there are virtually no laws regulating this form of sex work. Webcamming is

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  • Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?

    Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?0

    I’m always game for a good thinker’s film. The film Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia who searches for his wife’s murderer, really stands out. It was assembled in reverse temporal order with flashback scenes thrown in at random spots. Don’t check your smart phone during this one, folks. The

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  • Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher

    Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher0

    Carrie Fisher once said her life could be summed up in a single sentence: “If my life weren’t funny, it would just be true.” At the heart of this sentence lies the reason I will miss Carrie Fisher: She was honest. The love of truth is a rare thing. T.S. Eliot and others have observed

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  • 13 Badass Facts About Teddy Roosevelt

    13 Badass Facts About Teddy Roosevelt0

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  • Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism

    Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism0

    Have you had this happen to you? The topic of racism comes up in casual conversation. Some white person defensively says that he has black friends. He is immediately (and implausibly) denounced. The thinking is that the claim that “some of my best friends are black” is an old canard to cover up…racism. The accused

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