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Takeaways From This Year’s Tax Season 0
- Politics, Economics
- April 21, 2023
For the last three years I’ve made my way as a freelance writer. I work seven to eight hours every day, seven days a week, and earn enough to remain solvent. I love what I do. Last week, I once again paid my income taxes. My children are all grown, I own no property, and
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Friday Comic: Creative Vision 0
- Entertainment
- April 21, 2023
Friday Comic: Creative Vision. Credit: OwenComics (store). Twitter: @owenbroadcast. Instagram: @owenbroadcast. ITO Save this article to favorites
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Not Your School’s Reading List 12: Science Fiction and Space Opera 5
- Literature
- April 20, 2023
At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this ongoing series of literature recommendations. Set across the universe, these stories tell of fictional worlds and futures, first encounters with extraterrestrials, the human condition
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What 3 Years Working Retail Taught Me 2
- Philosophy
- April 20, 2023
On a whiteboard in a communal space at my university, a student wrote this question: “If you could make one law, what would it be?” The answers, written by students from a variety of different majors, were sometimes funny. “Everyone gets free ice cream on Fridays,” one person wrote. Others were more serious and ideologically
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Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns 2
- Politics, Family
- April 20, 2023
The spate of recent mass shootings is once again turning us all into experts who wax eloquent on social media. “We can’t have this anymore,” many shout. “It’s time to do something!” “Doing something,” of course, often doubles as code for gun control. But such gun control is right and good, individuals argue, because it
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4 Traditional Skills for Young Women 4
- Family
- April 19, 2023
As a young woman in today’s world, I’ve seen how modern conveniences have chipped away at the skills so many used to pride themselves on. I greatly admire the men and women, particularly those among the younger generations, who have taken the time to learn the skills of their forefathers. Certainly, the pioneers didn’t have
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