728 x 90

Blog 2 Columns Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 2 Columns Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • Celebrating Toilet Cleaners

    Celebrating Toilet Cleaners0

    • September 21, 2015

    For my entire school-age existence (even through college), my mother cleaned houses. She worked incredibly hard and built an impressive little business. While I wasn’t a big fan of telling people my mom cleaned houses, I was still very proud of how hard she worked and that she always provided for us. Whenever it came

    READ MORE
  • When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal

    When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal0

    • September 21, 2015

    Oberlin College in Ohio is ranked as one of America’s most liberal colleges, and has become something of a microcosm of the PC culture that pervades college campuses today. Last year they were in the news for publishing an official document advising faculty to avoid presenting potential “triggering material.” Most recently, we highlighted an article

    READ MORE
  • New Study: Universal Preschool May Hurt Children, Not Help

    New Study: Universal Preschool May Hurt Children, Not Help0

    • September 21, 2015

    Support for universal preschool seems to be growing, with everyone from President Obama to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio actively encouraging it. But a new study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that universal preschool may not offer the wonderful outcomes it promises. In fact, preschool may actually be a detriment

    READ MORE
  • We Need More Entrepreneurial Children Like This One

    We Need More Entrepreneurial Children Like This One0

    • September 21, 2015

    From the time they are toddlers, many American children are inserted into organized activities. They are taught from the earliest stages how to fit into a mold and play according to the rules of systems constructed by others.   As a result, we at Intellectual Takeout worry that fewer children today are developing that creative

    READ MORE
  • What Harvard Neglected in 1982

    What Harvard Neglected in 19820

    • September 19, 2015

    Going through some old, family documents this week, I stumbled upon a clipping fromHarvard Magazine that included an address given by Reverend Peter J. Gomes of Harvard University to the school’s graduating seniors in 1982.   It’s a heart-felt and lively address, which is reproduced below.   What stands out most is that Rev. Gomes recognized

    READ MORE
  • C.S. Lewis on the 4 Major Differences between the Present and the Recent Past

    C.S. Lewis on the 4 Major Differences between the Present and the Recent Past0

    • September 18, 2015

    You may have read C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, and perhaps you’ve even read some of his nonfiction works such as Mere Christianity or The Abolition of Man.   But chances are you haven’t come across Lewis’ “De Descriptione Temporum” (“On the Description of Ages”) – the first lecture he gave after receiving the

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024