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  • The Great TV Alternative

    The Great TV Alternative0

    Over the weekend, an Intellectual Takeout reader reached out to me and described how our recent articles on the potential harms of preschool education caused her to reconsider her stance on the issue. Despite the challenges it posed, she realized she couldn’t afford not to pull her little girl out of preschool and bring her

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  • Walker Percy on Why Modern Life is “Disappointing”

    Walker Percy on Why Modern Life is “Disappointing”0

    • October 12, 2015

    From his renowned work Lost in the Cosmos: “As John Cheever said, the main emotion of the adult Northeastern American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. Work is disappointing. In spite of all the talk about making work more creative and self-fulfilling, most people hate their jobs, and with

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  • Reason #1,057 to Homeschool – Institutional Schools Are Boring

    Reason #1,057 to Homeschool – Institutional Schools Are Boring0

    Does the traditional school setting bore students, causing them to lose interest in learning? Given the institutional, restrained atmosphere that’s necessary to keep a classroom of 30 children in order, it seems highly likely. And, as the Washington Post reports, it’s that type of atmosphere that is leading parents like Lisa Cain to pull their

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  • 84,000 Slaughtered in Four Days

    84,000 Slaughtered in Four Days0

    • October 12, 2015

    Few in the West would defend ISIS these days. Whether it be the raping, the crucifying, the tossing of gays off of buildings, the burning of prisoners, the slitting of throats, almost all people are unified in their disgust. Oddly enough, in a world of relative morals, ISIS seems to define evil. The result is

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  • Most Americans Aren’t Prepared for a Disaster (But Should They Be?)

    Most Americans Aren’t Prepared for a Disaster (But Should They Be?)0

    • October 12, 2015

    The majority of Americans are not prepared for a disaster. According to a recent survey commissioned by the Ad Council, only 17% claim to be “very prepared.” So, why aren’t most of us prepared? Well, of course, there’s good-old-fashioned busyness and/or laziness. I think, also, there’s the fact that most of us have grown up

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  • Is It Better for Kids When Their Parents Are Married?

    Is It Better for Kids When Their Parents Are Married?0

    • October 9, 2015

    Yesterday I ran across a Washington Post piece entitled, “I love my boyfriend, but I never want to get married.” In it, author Rachel Bussel describes how she and her partner of four years have lived as husband and wife in every imaginable experience – except for the wedding ceremony. Furthermore, Ms. Bussel insists that

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