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  • Reconsidering New Year’s Resolutions

    Reconsidering New Year’s Resolutions0

    If you’re like many Americans, chances are you’ve hit the ground running in 2023 with a fresh slate of resolutions. Perhaps you want to lose weight, get a better job, or spend more time with your family. Whatever your goals might be, the desire to become a better person—to build a better life—is in most

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  • Why Academics Are Writing Junk That Nobody Reads

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    Professors usually spend about 3-6 months (sometimes longer) researching and writing a 25-page article to submit to an academic journal. And most experience a twinge of excitement when, months later, they open a letter informing them that their article has been accepted for publication, and will therefore be read by… … an average of ten people.

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  • American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?

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    For Christmas this year, my daughter gave me an unusual gift. She hired a service to deep clean my house for four hours. At 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, a small car pulled into my driveway. Two men and a woman got out and removed buckets and supplies from the trunk, and we introduced

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  • The New-Normaling of Blackouts

    The New-Normaling of Blackouts2

    On Christmas Eve, 2022, in North Carolina, something happened that had never happened before in living memory. People across the state were alerted by their power company, Duke Energy, that there would be rolling blackouts in the aftermath of a severe (but “not exceedingly rare”) winter wind storm. At least 12 other states received similar and previously unheard-of

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  • Make Elections Normal Again

    Make Elections Normal Again0

    Americans can’t seem to agree on much of anything anymore. We’re deeply divided on a wide range of issues: abortion, illegal immigration, gun rights, and so-called climate change, to name a few. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find a major political issue on which Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree. Political polarization is

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  • 7 Financial Tips From the Book of Proverbs

    7 Financial Tips From the Book of Proverbs1

    Ask someone from the millennial or Generation Z crowds about tech-related topics and you’ll likely get an encyclopedia of knowledge pouring forth. Ask those same cohorts about a financial decision or money-related matter and you just might get a deer-in-the-headlights look. Over two-thirds of people ages 18-41 have “financial topics they want advice on,” a Harris

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  • Three Steps to Make the Best of 2023

    Three Steps to Make the Best of 20235

    “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So begins A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens’ novel set during the French Revolution. After three years of pandemic, lockdowns, riots, two disputed elections, a war in Europe, skyrocketing inflation, cultural earthquakes, and other tribulations, it’s no wonder many Americans believe we

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  • Friday Comic: Infancy 1010

    “Infancy 101.” Credit: OwenComics (store). Twitter: @owenbroadcast. Instagram @owenbroadcast. ITO Save this article to favorites

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  • Not Your School’s Reading List 4: The Faith in Verse

    Not Your School’s Reading List 4: The Faith in Verse1

    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. This week’s entries include poems musing on topics from nature, ordinary life, and war, all within a Christian perspective.

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