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How Rome Described Their Barbarians 1
- Culture
- September 23, 2016
The term “barbarian” gets thrown around a lot, including by our Intellectual Takeout authors in their blogs. In general, “barbarian” is the generic term used by Westerners for someone who do not conform to the dominant culture’s standards of civilization and, in some cases, seeks to actively undermine them. Many scholars have argued that we
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Parents Have Been Demoted to Deputy School Teachers 0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
I was giving a talk at Florida Gulf Coast University the other night near Fort Myers when I noticed a flyer on the door of the lecture hall. The sign (I wish I had gotten a picture now) read: “PARENT FREE ZONE.” I chuckled at first, thinking it was more of a tongue-in-cheek joke to
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5 Diseases You’re More Likely to Develop by Not Sleeping Enough 0
- Education
- September 22, 2016
If you haven’t learned yet through personal experience, not getting enough sleep can be one of the most detrimental things to a person’s overall well-being. In fact, various different studies have discovered that prolonged periods of sleep deprivation can have devastating health consequences. Here are five diseases and chronic conditions that have been linked to
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How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Live 0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
Timothy Garton Ash, Oxford professor of Professor of European Studies, recently published a magisterial book, Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World. We hear many diatribes for free speech (and some against); Ash supplies background knowledge about how the internet changes the speech issues we face and what we can do to protect free speech in
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Being Intelligent Doesn’t Require You To Be a Jerk 0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
Intellectual types are usually kind of jerks, right? At least, that’s the prevalent stereotype. We know that Mark Zuckerberg screwed over his good friend Eduardo Saverin. We’ve heard that Jeff Bezos of Amazon delivers some harsh insults to people in meetings. There are numerous complaints from professors that many of their academic colleagues are unpleasant
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12-Year-Old Finds Knife at School, Turns it in, Gets Suspended For a Year 0
- Education
- September 22, 2016
Via Newschannel 3 out of Michigan: A Branch County mother says her son was suspended from school for doing the right thing. Kyler Davies, a 7th grade student, found a pocket knife in his backpack. His mom tells us she bought the bag at Goodwill and never checked it. When her son found it, he
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