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  • Three Things a Woman Should Never Do on a First Date

    Three Things a Woman Should Never Do on a First Date0

    A while back, Intellectual Takeout published an article titled Three Things a Man Should Never Do on a First Date. The article drew a heated response, with readers expressing very different views. But one thing was clear: they wanted a version of the article aimed at women. To fulfill this request, I interviewed as many

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  • The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness

    The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness0

    • November 27, 2018

    As an undergraduate, I went for walks in rural Michigan. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. Romantic walks, friendly walks, philosophical walks, beautiful walks. On one memorable walk, I delighted in the loveliness of the effect a streetlight can have on green leaves in the dark. I wasted time on those walks, and it shaped my

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  • Actress Mourns the Death of Compliments at Work

    Actress Mourns the Death of Compliments at Work0

    I always find it fascinating when a public figure makes a candid remark about the negative effects of politically correct culture. Such remarks often contain a hint of apology, as if the speaker knows that such a statement is decidedly unpopular and could get them in serious trouble. But there’s also a sense of courageous

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  • A Transit of Common Sense

    A Transit of Common Sense0

    Against the noonday sun of transgender affirmation in Britain a dark object was seen to pass this week. It was a question mark, or rather, several marks in close succession. Two psychotherapists, a re-transitioned woman and a member of parliament cast doubt on what, in a few short years, has become standard practice among health

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  • 4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report

    4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report0

    If you’re like me, you’re happy the White House released the latest version of the National Climate Assessment on Black Friday. Publishing the 1,700-page report the day after Thanksgiving saved me from unwanted dinner conversations about our planet’s impending climate doom. But if your aunt calls you up this week spouting claims of mass deaths,

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  • Why ‘Check Your Privilege’ is Squelching Discourse

    Why ‘Check Your Privilege’ is Squelching Discourse1

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  • The Real Reason for the Uber Gender Gap

    The Real Reason for the Uber Gender Gap0

    • November 26, 2018

    In a recent article, Cody Cook, et al. examine a detailed dataset covering more than a million Uber drivers. While the difference in earnings by gender among Uber drivers is large, “we are able to completely explain the pay gap with three main factors related to driver preferences and learning: returns to experience, a pay

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  • The Costs of Presidential Candor

    The Costs of Presidential Candor0

    • November 26, 2018

    Predictably, Donald Trump was attacked both by the establishment and the media as “crude,” “unpresidential,” and “gratuitous” for a recent series of blunt and graphic statements on a variety of current policies. Oddly, the implied charge this time around was not that Trump makes up stuff, but that he said things that were factual but

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  • Five Modern Wise Men Everyone Should Know

    Five Modern Wise Men Everyone Should Know0

    Sometimes we are tempted to think that wisdom is dead and, admittedly, it sometimes seems as if that is true. And yet, there are still many modern thinkers, some of them still alive, who are able, in the words of one philosopher, to “see things and to see them whole.” And many of them are

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