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Profile in Courage? The last words of a Russian Commando 0
- International
- April 5, 2016
As the Intellectual Takeout piece, “A Primer on Courage,” noted: “Courage, also known as ‘fortitude’ or ‘bravery,’ is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. Along with temperance, courage helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue
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Left and Right: Why Not Work Together on Poverty?0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
A tiresome false dichotomy bedevils political debate about the causes of poverty among the able-bodied. The Left says that such poverty is caused by the greedy capitalists who won’t give the poor enough opportunities to earn or receive money. The Right says it’s caused the moral failures of the “takers”, i.e. sloth, crime, addiction, and
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Politico.EU: ‘Europe’s Muslims hate the West’0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
Leon de Winter, a Dutch novelist and political commentator, pushed the boundaries of acceptable discussion following the Brussels attacks with a recent piece titled “Europe’s Muslims hate the West.” At the core of his argument is the difficulty or even outright refusal of some Muslim immigrants to assimilate to the West. He begins by arguing
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Is It Still Important to Teach Children to Cook?0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
For those who regularly whip up a meal and eat dinner at home, cooking out of a meal kit like those from Plated or Blue Apron sounds ridiculous. But in spite of the eye-rolling these kits have induced, the New York Times reports that they’re catching on with the public: “In the span of a
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Do You Live in a Bubble?0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
Charles Murray, libertarian and scholar at American Enterprise Institute, has argued for some time that the upper classes in American society are increasingly becoming disconnected from poor and working class whites. The thesis was the crux of his 2012 book, “Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010.” PBS recently released a second version of
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This Reason for the Veto is Practically Unheard of these Days 0
- History
- April 5, 2016
On this day in 1792, George Washington issued the first presidential veto in American history. It was short and sweet, consisting of three paragraphs and listing his objections based on constitutional grounds. James Madison was the next president to use the veto pen. Like Washington’s, many of Madison’s vetoes were to the point and expressed
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