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Is Western Civilization Committing Suicide?0
- History
- February 20, 2018
In the past century there have been numerous thinkers who have outlined the signs of the decline of Western Civilization. We have mentioned many of them in articles for Intellectual Takeout: Richard Weaver, Georges Bernanos, Alasdair MacIntyre, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Samuel Huntington, David Bentley Hart, and Rod Dreher. I will now add another one to the
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Parents Just Lost Custody of Teenage Daughter Who Wants to ‘Transition’ to a Boy: What You Need to Know 1
- Culture
- February 20, 2018
Parents in Ohio lost custody of their 17-year-old daughter Friday because a judge ruled that she should be allowed to receive therapy, including testosterone therapy, to identify as a boy. Without commenting on the specifics of this case just outside Cincinnati, Americans can expect to see more cases like it as government officials side with
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Isn’t Father Loss Part of Nikolas Cruz’s Story?0
- Culture
- February 20, 2018
In the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school America is once again embroiled in a debate about how this could have happened again and how to prevent such horrific behaviour and loss of life. Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who went to his former high school on Valentine’s day armed with
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‘The Last Jedi’ and the Politicization of Storytelling 0
- Culture
- February 20, 2018
There’s been a disturbance in the franchise: Ambivalence, rather than anticipation, has characterized the online response to Disney’s announcement of the deluge of new Star Wars projects we are to be saturated with over the next several years. And while the trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story (scheduled for May) was expected to be
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Why Does America Have a Second Amendment?0
- History
- February 20, 2018
Mass shootings have become almost a regular occurrence in modern America. Every few months, we watch the television reports in horror: a lone gunman descends on some location—a concert, school, church, or nightclub—and opens fire on a group of unarmed people. It has become customary for Americans to call on federal lawmakers to “do something”
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5 Facts about Washington’s Birthday 0
- Culture
- February 19, 2018
Today is the U.S. federal holiday known as Washington’s Birthday (not â€œPresidents Day-see item #1). In honor of George Washington’s birthday, here are 5 things you should know about the day set aside for our America’s premier founding father. 1. Although some state and local governments and private businesses refer to today as President’s Day,
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Is Western Civilization Committing Suicide?0