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  • Change Yourself, or Change the World?

    Change Yourself, or Change the World?2

    It’s a perennial philosophical question: What is the best strategy for addressing life’s problems? Change yourself, or change the world? In a clip from a few years ago that a student recently shared with me, the leftist public intellectual Slavoj Žižek offered a take that my student apparently found convincing. To judge from Žižek’s online popularity,

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  • One Simple Thing Anyone Can Do to Save America

    One Simple Thing Anyone Can Do to Save America0

    With the American way of life visibly crumbling, I get a lot of people asking me some form of the question, “But what can I do to save America?” I’ve given various answers to those who ask this, but a new pat answer popped into my mind the other day: Be like Amber de la Motte. If

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  • The Importance of Poetry

    The Importance of Poetry5

    The unfortunate truth is that virtually no one reads poetry anymore. Though there are many reasons why this may be the case, as a former educator, the common grievances I heard against poetry were that it was too abstract, complex, and generally wandering. But it is for these very reasons that poetry is one of

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  • Medical Schools Look for Activists, Not Healers

    Medical Schools Look for Activists, Not Healers0

    What qualities should medical schools look for in future doctors? Probably academic excellence, experience in the medical sector, loyalty to medical ethics, and good interpersonal skills. These are all characteristics that future doctors should have, but they’re not what medical schools now emphasize. Medical schools are looking for social justice zealots to advance the diversity,

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  • When Did the Left Become Anti-Health?

    When Did the Left Become Anti-Health?3

    For my entire childhood, my mother made sure our family had home-cooked meals. She investigated what was healthy, and the food on the table reflected her knowledge of what was best for our family. She also encouraged all of us to exercise, get outside, and have habits that promoted our overall well-being. Even as an

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  • Takeaways From This Year’s Tax Season

    Takeaways From This Year’s Tax Season0

    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 Vision0

    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

    Not Your School’s Reading List 12: Science Fiction and Space Opera5

    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

    What 3 Years Working Retail Taught Me2

    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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