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Winter 2026 Is a Great Time to Read Some History
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- December 15, 2025






On the 4th of July, Intellectual Takeout posted a clip of the John Adams HBO series to the Facebook page. In it, during a debate over whether or not the colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain, Adams states, “…I see hope. I see a new nation ready to take its place in the world.
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It’s probably safe to say that many Americans don’t know that the Japanese actually invaded the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during World War II. And while that may be a surprise to learn, it’s how the battle ended that is really shocking. For the Americans, the Aleutians were seen as a potential bridgehead for the
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Everyone has a moment in life when they have mammoth tasks to deal with and they have not the slightest clue how to go about it. Be it because you are just out of college and you have no idea where to start looking for a job, or because you just joined college and you
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Pope Francis keeps making headlines, but not in a way that soothes all Catholics. This week CNN reported that “Pope says Christians should apologize to gay people”, a story which was relayed by NPR as “Pope Francis: Church Should Apologize To Gays And Other Marginalized Groups”. As usual, this upset a few Catholics who have
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When Benjamin Franklin deferred to Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, he did so for multiple reasons. He wished to avoid the annoyance of being edited by the committee of the whole Continental Congress, as Jefferson was, to Jefferson’s great distress. Franklin sought to ensure the support of Jefferson’s Virginia for
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