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  • 9 Quotes that Might Make Trump and Sanders Reconsider Their Presidential Bids

    9 Quotes that Might Make Trump and Sanders Reconsider Their Presidential Bids0

    Given the fervency with which today’s Democrat and Republican presidential candidates are campaigning for the White House, one might reasonably believe that the highest office in the land is quite a prize. But before Trump, Sanders, Cruz, or Clinton take the oath of office, they might want to consider what some of their predecessors had

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  • When Books Die, All at Once

    When Books Die, All at Once1

    Never has the stock market soared higher nor the supply of affordable books been cheaper. Lucky or cursed, let us examine the latter–about which T.S. Eliot asks a great question but falls short in his reply. I confess, I adore them. I thrill to their touch; my heart is aroused by their scent. If old

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  • T.S. Eliot on Early Childhood Education

    T.S. Eliot on Early Childhood Education0

    In the face of abysmal reading, writing, and math proficiency by elementary students, many Americans these days are pushing for universal early childhood education. It’s an odd position we’re in when our education system has expanded itself so incredibly over the 20th century by arguing that it indeed can take kids from all manner of backgrounds

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  • Should Schools Teach More Financial Literacy?

    Should Schools Teach More Financial Literacy?1

    Last night I resolved an issue that’s been haunting me for a while: I balanced my checkbook. And let me tell you, it’s a good feeling to get something like that off your chest and know you’re keeping tabs on your bank account! Unfortunately for many young people, the uneasy feeling about their bank account

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  • Libraries: Not Just For Reading Anymore

    Libraries: Not Just For Reading Anymore0

    • February 11, 2016

    The days of the library being only for bookworms are long gone. Libraries are branching out (pun intended). And, according to a new piece for The Atlantic, their efforts are making them into community hubs: “There are three areas where libraries function as vibrant centers of America’s towns: technology, education, and community.” The Center for

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  • Less Freedom and Equality, more Justice?

    Less Freedom and Equality, more Justice?0

    It goes without saying that Freedom and Equality can both be good principles depending upon how they’re applied. Unfortunately, they seem to have taken on an ideological character over the last few decades. When we look at our political and cultural discourse, many start either with the idea of Freedom or Equality as the highest

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  • In Defense of Memorizing

    In Defense of Memorizing1

    • February 11, 2016

    If you ever read the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace as a kid, you probably know that Betsy and her friends were big fans of producing home-grown entertainment programs. And the entertainment perpetually ran along the same lines: Betsy and Tacy performed the Cat Duet, little Tib did the Baby Dance, talented Julia played

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  • File This Under ‘Things You Would Never See in America’

    File This Under ‘Things You Would Never See in America’0

    • February 11, 2016

    At Intellectual Takeout, we often wish that people would be more passionate about ideas. But this might be taking it a bit too far… In 2014, the Independent reported that a teacher in Russia killed his friend over a dispute about… wait for it… the merits of poetry versus prose. “A Russian teacher allegedly killed

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  • Cohabitation is Socially Acceptable, But is it Socially Beneficial?

    Cohabitation is Socially Acceptable, But is it Socially Beneficial?0

    In case you hadn’t noticed, acceptance of cohabitation has seen a rapid increase in recent years. According to NPR, “more than 65 percent of first marriages start out” in cohabitation, and “young adults born after 1980 are more likely to cohabit than any previous generation was at the same stage of life.” But while cohabitation

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