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School Earns Money by Ditching National Lunch Program 0
- Education
- June 9, 2016
A year ago, Minnesota’s Prior Lake High School made waves when it announced it would not participate in the National School Lunch Program during the 2015-2016 school year. At that time, the Star Tribune reported the school district’s reasoning as follows: “Prior Lake High School is just the third Minnesota school to withdraw from the
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UNC Offers Course on Right-Wing ‘Hate’0
- Culture
- June 9, 2016
Does hate speech only emanate from the right? That is the conclusion one could reasonably reach from one University of North Carolina professor’s course. Via Campus Reform: The University of North Carolina offers a communications course about the dangers of hate speech, which the course’s professor openly blames on the political right. The class, titled
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Would You Survive Ancient Rome?0
- Culture
- June 8, 2016
Ancient Rome was the most advanced civilization in the world for centuries, but it wasn’t exactly an easy place to live. Most of the basic freedoms and “necessities” we take for granted did not exist. Could you survive if you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome? The quiz below might offer you some
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Women Suffer LOTS of Anxiety. Who’s to Blame?0
- Culture
- June 8, 2016
Newly published research shows that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety as men. The findings, published in a review by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the journal Brain and Behavior, are causing a bit of a stir. (The topic is even trending on Facebook!) First, here’s an overview of what
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Is It Ever Okay to Make an ‘Ad Hominem’ Argument?1
- Culture
- June 8, 2016
From what I’ve seen, most of the Intellectual Takeout audience values logic, and would like to see their fellow Americans resort to it more often. However, it’s important to not only value logic, but to use it correctly. With that in mind, I wanted to briefly address the logical fallacy most often referenced on our
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Are Americans More Ignorant than We Realize?1
- Culture
- June 8, 2016
The other day I picked up Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the pamphlet that played a huge role in promoting the American War for Independence. Knowing that Paine is generally regarded as a strong atheist, I was startled to see how many biblical references he used in his argument. It wasn’t long before I realized Paine
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