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Is Lack of Play the Reason Kids are Depressed?0
- Culture
- March 22, 2016
Last week we discussed the words of psychologist Jean Twenge, who declared that the rise of depression and anxiety in Americans is a result of communal and familial decline, as well as an intensified focus on money, fame, and image. While these are logical and likely culprits, Dr. Peter Gray believes there is another factor
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Read Castro’s Comical Response to Cuba’s Human Rights Crimes 0
- Politics
- March 22, 2016
The two presidents greeted one another, smiling broadly, before dozens of flashing cameras in Havana’s Revolutionary Palace on Monday. The visit was historic. Though it was President Obama’s fourth meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro, it was the first time a U.S. president had visited Cuba in nearly a century. After greeting one another,
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Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?1
- Education
- March 22, 2016
A child is capable of completing a homework assignment without his parents’ help. Astonishing, right? According to a recent New York Times piece by Kj Dell’Antonia on her own parenting experience, it would seem to be. But, Dell’Antionia’s experience is not unique in our culture that expects “good” parents to be hyper-involved. Dell’Antonia relates that
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Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?0
- Culture
- March 22, 2016
Ever since the particularly contentious and wild 2016 presidential election, an increasing number of articles have posed the question: “How do you talk to your kids about Donald Trump?” Or about the many other varied and wild political fights that occur with increasing regularity? The question largely revolves around Trump because of his sometimes controversial
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Battle over Teacher Accused of Racism is Heating Up 0
- Education
- March 22, 2016
It has been quite a month for St. Paul’s Como Park High School. On March 10, Intellectual Takeout shared with readers a video depicting two youths beating up a teacher, later identified as Mark Rawlings, a 48-year-old technology teacher at Como High. It turns out that the same day Rawlings was thrashed by the two
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The Real Reason Feminists Don’t Like ‘Princesses’?0
- Culture
- March 21, 2016
If you’re like me, you’ve probably had a chuckle now and then over little girls who run around with pink gowns with a tiara topping their tousled hair. But as author Jerramy Fine explains, the princess persona has been much maligned in a culture which discourages “girly” femininity, and instead encourages girls to do everything
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