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  • Miss South Carolina’s Comment on Modesty Makes Waves

    Miss South Carolina’s Comment on Modesty Makes Waves0

    For those who didn’t know – or chose not to notice – the pageant to choose Miss America 2017 took place over the weekend. Per usual, the central feature of the competition saw contestants parade around in glitzy dresses and streamlined swimsuits. But while such costumes seem to be a required part of the show,

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  • Scholar: Jihadists Trying to ‘Destroy Europe through civil war’

    Scholar: Jihadists Trying to ‘Destroy Europe through civil war’0

    It has been often remarked that ISIS and other radical Muslim groups are very shrewd in their use of Western media. According to Gilles Kepel of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a growing “Jihad Generation” in Europe wants media coverage of their terrorist acts to fuel fears of all Muslims and create chaos within

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  • Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class

    Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class0

    Take any stack of student essays these day, and you’ll most likely get a “basket of deplorables.”   As we at Intellectual Takeout have pointed out on several occasions, only about 25% of America’s high school seniors are proficient in writing. We don’t really place most of the blame for this on the students. Chances

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  • ‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Colin Kaepernick in New Trailer

    ‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Colin Kaepernick in New Trailer0

    South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have joined the Colin Kaepernick vs. the National Anthem fray. A newly released trailer for Season 20 (!) shows a chorus of South Park residents singing about how great the (backup) San Francisco 49er quarterback is. The characters quickly change their tune, however. Take a look:  

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  • Profs to Students: Drop course if you’re skeptical of global warming

    Profs to Students: Drop course if you’re skeptical of global warming0

    Three professors at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recently told their students to take a hike if they were skeptical of man-made global warming.  “We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change, nor will the ‘other side’ of the climate change debate be taught or discussed in this course,” professors Rebecca

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  • That Guy Who Tried to Assassinate George Washington in 1776

    That Guy Who Tried to Assassinate George Washington in 17760

    In June 1776, when the future of the American colonies looked bleak, a plot to assassinate Gen. George Washington was laid bare. Washington and the Continental Army were in New York, a city described by one historian as “a citadel of Tory sentiment.” Because Loyalist sentiment was so strong, many feared for the safety of

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