Blog 3 Columns

Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit 0
- Economics
- June 22, 2018
This article says “Seattle is struggling to find a path forward to deal with a crisis that’s exploded in recent years.” What is that crisis? An economic boom! The article says, “unemployment in the county is at 3%, the lowest in the state… Housing is becoming less affordable, leading to more homelessness. At the same
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Morality and Immigration: 4 Overlooked Stats Everyone Is Missing in the Border Crisis Debate 0
- Politics
- June 22, 2018
The humanitarian crisis unfolding on America’s southern border is a tragic scene. Reports state that Department of Health and Human Services has been taking in about 250 children per day in recent weeks as immigrants from South America—primarily from the nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—pour into America. By August, the department could have
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Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border 0
- Family
- June 22, 2018
Faced with a surge of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers on the Mexican border, the Trump Administration has implemented a controversial zero-tolerance policy. One effect of this is to separate parents from their children. The parents are referred for criminal prosecution and sent to a federal jail. The children, who are not allowed to accompany
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Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2018
Yesterday afternoon an email from an Intellectual Takeout reader arrived in my inbox, asking what I thought of the jacket Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children near the Mexican border. Having read a previous article I wrote on Melania’s fashion choices, this reader asked if I could weigh in with some thoughts. Pulling up
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‘Bourgeois Dignity’: The Idea that Created the Modern World 0
- Economics
- June 22, 2018
When thinking about the astonishing improvement in living standards occurring over the last two centuries, one can’t help but wonder about the causes of such a radical transformation: what explains the unprecedented increase in income per capita that the world has experienced since 1800? To answer this question, one needs to look back at where it all
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What Russia’s Real-Life ‘Hooligan’ Fight Clubs Can Teach Us About Reality, Violence, and the Human Condition 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2018
In the lead up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, many sports journalists have been writing about the state of Russian sports and culture. This continues a theme from the Winter Olympics in February where Russian contestants were banned because of alleged state-funded doping. But as fans from around the world arrive in Russia
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University Coughs Up in Legal Settlement that Alleged Discrimination Against Republicans 0
- Education
- June 21, 2018
A Washington university is shelling out big bucks to settle a dispute with a Republican student group that filed a lawsuit alleging the school discriminated against it by charging exorbitant security fees for speaker events. The University of Washington settled with the university’s College Republicans Monday, agreeing to pay $122,500 to make the lawsuit go away.
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Student, 13, Charged With Felony for Recording a Conversation With His Principal 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2018
Paul Boron is 13 years old. And he’s facing a felony eavesdropping charge that could change the course of the rest of his life. His story stands as another chapter of controversy surrounding an eavesdropping law some experts have criticized as ripe for abuse and misapplication. On Feb. 16, 2018, Boron was called to the principal’s office
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Illegal Immigrant Families: The Questions to REALLY Ask 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2018
As is the pattern lately, the country is worked up into a froth about an issue that’s been going on for years. In a week or two, it will likely be forgotten. Honestly, can you remember what the two-minutes-of-hate was about a few weeks ago? What about a month or two ago? The unfortunate
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Seattle Aiming to Become More Like Detroit 0