Blog 3 Columns

Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?0
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health maladies looms large as a new school year emerges. A 2018 PDK poll found that one-third of parents are concerned about their child’s safety at school, a sharp jump in recent years. And it’s not just peer
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Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Justice … or Madness?0
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
The arc of history is long, and it sometimes bends towards insanity. A society can go backwards as well as forwards. Russia and Germany were worse places in the 1930s and 1940s than they were in 1910, as illustrated by the Holocaust and the Holodomor. The Holodomor was Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin’s genocide: A
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Doctors Who Decline to Perform Abortions Violate Medical Ethics, International Panel Says 0
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
An “expert group” of abortion activists has launched a strong attack on the concept and practice of conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. “The practice of refusing to provide legal and essential health care due to a doctor’s personal or religious beliefs is a violation of medical ethics and of patients’ right to health care,” says the International
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5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments 1
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
At Intellectual Takeout we write a great deal on logical fallacies, of which there are many. Of all fallacies, the ad hominem is king (and probably always will be). From the Latin “to the man” or “to the person,” it is a (fallacious) argumentative device that involves attacking one’s opponent instead of rebutting their argument.
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The Good Intentions Fallacy Is Driving Us Toward the Destructive Outcomes of Socialism 0
- Economics
- August 9, 2018
While Venezuela continues to collapse into a living hell for all but Nicolás Maduro and ruling elites, support in America for democratic socialism continues to rise. Graphic reports such as the recent New York Times photo essay about starvation in Venezuela abound: Kenyerber Aquino Merchán was 17 months old when he starved to death. His father left before dawn
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How the Term ‘Social Justice Warrior’ Became an Insult 1
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
Virtually everyone has heard of the term social justice warrior by now. The term has become quite popular the past few years—so big in fact, that the Oxford Dictionary added it to their dictionary in 2015. Most people by now know that when someone is accused of being a social justice warrior, it is probably
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How the Summer Gave Me Hope for the Future 0
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
Several months ago, I pulled back the curtain and let my readers know what life as the only female employee at Intellectual Takeout is really like. It was revealing – and even startling to some individuals. But I’ve had a unique experience this summer. No longer am I the only female staff member of this
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Are Trigger Warnings Ruining Literature?0
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
It was an ordinary lecture to first-year students, on “Women Writers and Modernism.” My brief was to introduce the different ways men and women responded to the social, intellectual and artistic challenges of the modernist movement. This is a subject about the literature of the early 20th century, but it tackles some difficult social questions
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5 of the Worst Economic Predictions in History 0
- Economics
- August 9, 2018
Uncertainty makes human beings uncomfortable. Not knowing what’s going to happen in the future creates a sense of unrest in many people. That’s why we sometimes draw on predictions made by leading experts in their respective fields to make decisions in our daily lives. Unfortunately, history has shown that experts aren’t often much better than
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Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?0