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Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented 0
- Politics
- April 4, 2018
The military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government report. President Donald Trump recently proposed to draw from the $700 billion appropriated for the military for funds to build the border wall, which comes with a price tag estimated
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Mike Rowe Hits Hard for Fatherhood 0
- Culture
- April 4, 2018
If you’ve followed Intellectual Takeout for any length of time, you’ll know that Fatherhood is a regular topic. You’ll also probably recognize that it’s not a popular topic in the culture. The Ivory Tower declares patriarchy as one of the great sins of the West. Hollywood and Madison Ave. do their parts to mock and
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China’s ‘Social Credit System’ Is a Totalitarian’s Dream Come True. Are We Far Behind?0
- Entertainment
- April 3, 2018
In its third season, the British science fiction TV series Black Mirror featured an episode called “Nosedive.” The episode, which was co-written by The Office actress Rashida Jones and starred Bryce Howard, depicted a society of smiling people who walked around with holographic bubbles that contained their “rating.” These ratings were based on how people were
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Schools Once Taught Biblical Literacy. Should They Do So Again?0
- Culture
- April 3, 2018
Over the weekend, columnist Christine Emba commented on an interesting typo from The Wall Street Journal. As Emba explains, the WSJ quoted Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the prophet Moses carried water from the country Iraq, rather than a regular rock, thus convoluting the famous miracle from Israel’s days in the wilderness. The mistake naturally
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Bad Language Gets a Tenured Female Professor Fired for ‘Sexual Harassment’0
- Culture
- April 3, 2018
Tenure used to provide faculty members with solid protection against all but criminal behavior. But now it is proving no match for weak excuses for firing professors who administrators want to be rid of. Marquette University’s termination of political science Professor John McAdams for speaking his mind about a younger faculty colleague’s handling of a
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John Paul Stevens Is Wrong About the Second Amendment, History, and School Violence 0
- Culture
- April 3, 2018
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens penned an op-ed in The New York Times on Tuesday, advising that gun control activists at recent demonstrations have not gone far enough in their demands for more restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms. According to Stevens, it isn’t enough to deny millions of young
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Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented 0