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  • Chesterton: Newspapers are ‘the hobbies of a few rich men’

    Chesterton: Newspapers are ‘the hobbies of a few rich men’0

    If anything positive has come about from the 2016 presidential campaign season, it would be that the press has revealed its true character. Complaints abound from Americans of all stripes that “the media” is more interested in driving its own narrative than simply informing the public. In his 1908 book Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton wrote about

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  • Are We the ‘Last Men’?

    Are We the ‘Last Men’?0

    Perhaps Friedrich Nietzsche’s most recognizable title is Thus Spake Zarathustra, in which he deals with some of the recurring themes in his works such as the “death of God,” the will to power, and the Superman.   As I mentioned the other day, Nietzsche had perceived that the foundation of European morality had been undermined

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  • 7 Relevant Quotes for Tax Day

    7 Relevant Quotes for Tax Day0

    1. “We con­tend that for a nation to try to tax itself into pros­per­ity is like a man stand­ing in a bucket and try­ing to lift him­self up by the han­dle.” – Winston Churchill, 1905   2. “[N]o taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant….” – George Washington, 1796

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  • The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework

    The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework0

    After rejecting the Christian moral framework that largely guided us for 1,500+ years, the post-modern West settled upon moral relativism in the mid- to late-20th century as the replacement. Now fifty years or more into the experiment, we’re seeing that it doesn’t work as well as we’d hoped. The logic of a relativistic society dictates

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  • The Virtues of Book Ownership

    The Virtues of Book Ownership0

    “Can you spare a dollar so I can buy this book?” I heard a man’s deep voice ask this question as I raced up a flight of stairs, speeding my way to the second floor of the local public library to drop off some overdue books. His voice was coming from the library’s “sale room”

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  • The Real Debate is over Human Nature

    The Real Debate is over Human Nature0

    In Federalist #51, the ‘Father of the Constitution’, James Madison, argued: The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of

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  • The Limitations of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’

    The Limitations of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’0

    “What is it you object to?” asked Syme. “You want to abolish Government?” “To abolish God!” said Gregory, opening the eyes of a fanatic. “The silly sentimentalists of the French Revolution talked of the Rights of Man! We hate Rights and we hate Wrongs. We have abolished Right and Wrong.” “And Right and Left,” said

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  • Study: Vocational Classes Keep High School Students Interested

    Study: Vocational Classes Keep High School Students Interested0

    Last year, Intellectual Takeout posted a popular quote from Mythbusters star Adam Savage on the need to reinstate shop class. Savage said: “If you want the kids’ test scores up, bring back band and bring back shop and get kids actually learning stuff instead of teaching them how to take a test.” The effectiveness of

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  • Research Shows Why You Should Start Spending More Time Alone

    Research Shows Why You Should Start Spending More Time Alone0

    It can be hard finding time alone in a world that has most of us “connected” in some way, 24/7. The technology that has made its way into our daily lives is almost impossible to avoid using in this day and age. Between smartphones, tablets, iPods, laptops and regular desktop computers, we’re never far from

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