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  • 8 Frightening Characteristics of Propaganda

    8 Frightening Characteristics of Propaganda2

    • August 21, 2015

    Jacques Ellul’s Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes (1965) has been called “a far more frightening work than any of the nightmare novels of George Orwell.” In it, the French philosopher and sociologist dispels some of the popular notions about propaganda and exposes how it really operates in the modern world. In the first chapter

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  • Motley Fool Columnist: Why Americans Should Stop Whining and Be Thankful

    Motley Fool Columnist: Why Americans Should Stop Whining and Be Thankful0

    • August 21, 2015

    Last year, prompted by Louis C.K.’s bit on the Conan O’Brien show, Morgan Housel at the Motley Fool put together a list titled “50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History.” Below are his first 10 reasons: 1. U.S. life expectancy at birth was 39 years in 1800, 49 years in 1900, 68 years

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  • Augustine: There’s No Such Thing as a Harmless Lie

    Augustine: There’s No Such Thing as a Harmless Lie0

    Based on a variety of discussions on Intellectual Takeout’s Facebook page about extramarital affairs, the consensus seemed to be that affairs are still considered disgraceful moral behavior (vs. other behaviors that have grown more acceptable over time) because they involve a breach of trust. Many argue that we live in a decadent society, but apparently, that society

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  • Real Justice

    Real Justice0

    • August 20, 2015

    For most of the history of the West, justice has been defined as, “To give each his due.” Unfortunately, we have lost that understanding along the way. In its simplest form, to act with justice is to judge each person as an individual. Such thinking goes very much against modern thinking. We have been taught

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  • The Best Lines about the “Deez Nuts” Presidential Candidacy

    The Best Lines about the “Deez Nuts” Presidential Candidacy0

    • August 20, 2015

    227 years ago, the presidential race consisted of names such as George Washington, John Adams, and John Hancock. In 2015, the frontrunners are Donald Trump and now, “Deez Nuts.” The internet is abuzz with the story of presidential candidate “Deez Nuts,” who it turns out is a 15-year-old boy named Brady Olson who lives on

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  • The Road to Character

    The Road to Character0

    • August 20, 2015

    When this book was published earlier this year it caused something of a stir. I suspect this was because of the unusual combination it presented: a “famed columnist for The New York Times (as the author is described on the book’s jacket) had written a book about old-fashioned morality. It is even a paradox: is

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