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  • Are Anti-Bullying Laws Preventing Critical Thinking?

    Are Anti-Bullying Laws Preventing Critical Thinking?0

    By now, we’ve all heard strange stories about zero-tolerance discipline policies singling out kids for, well, kid-like behavior. The Pop-Tart gun student is a prime example. In a recent edition of the Washington Post, Eugene Volokh highlights another unique discipline incident over – believe it or not – vegetarianism. As Volokh describes it, a sixth-grade

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  • 4 Logical Paradoxes That Will Blow Your Mind

    4 Logical Paradoxes That Will Blow Your Mind0

    • March 23, 2016

    Nothing fascinates quite like the good old classical paradox. Am I right?  A couple of my favorite writers—G.K. Chesteron and Oscar Wilde—distinguished themselves as arguably the top writers of their day in literary paradox. So when I stumbled on a YouTube video (see below) exploring mind-bending logical paradoxes—those puzzles that seemingly offer no solution—I had

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  • 11 Last Words of Famous People

    11 Last Words of Famous People0

    This coming Friday marks the observance of Christ’s crucifixion, an event which is likely the most famous death in history. It’s often said that you can tell a lot about a person’s life by the way they behave at their death. For followers of Christ, his last words – “It is finished” and “Father, into

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  • Yes, Mean Speech is Protected Speech

    Yes, Mean Speech is Protected Speech0

    It’s astonishing to me how many young people utterly fail to understand the First Amendment, particularly its provisions protecting the right of individuals and groups to peaceably speak and assemble. The general consensus seems to be that freedom of speech and assembly are all well and good—unless, of course, the speech is offensive, or the

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  • Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?

    Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?0

    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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  • Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?

    Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?1

    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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  • Read Castro’s Comical Response to Cuba’s Human Rights Crimes

    Read Castro’s Comical Response to Cuba’s Human Rights Crimes0

    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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  • Is Lack of Play the Reason Kids are Depressed?

    Is Lack of Play the Reason Kids are Depressed?0

    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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  • Battle over Teacher Accused of Racism is Heating Up

    Battle over Teacher Accused of Racism is Heating Up0

    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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