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  • How Christianity Created Secularism

    How Christianity Created Secularism1

    I’m someone who holds an ongoing interest in the origins of secularism. It’s a fascinating question to me: How did Christianity grow from a small, persecuted movement in Palestine to become the European cultural phenomenon known as “Christendom”, only to be relegated to an ostensibly marginalized position in modern Western society? According to one answer:

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  • Does Reflecting on Death Help Prepare Us for it?

    Does Reflecting on Death Help Prepare Us for it?0

    Memento mori – invitations to reflect on our own mortality – have been common throughout history. Two ancient traditions that made reflection on death central to their paths are Buddhism and Stoicism. For both, the starting point is the fact that our normal perceptions of value are deeply flawed, as we are constantly craving or

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  • Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Letter to His Son’s Teacher’ is Totally Fake

    Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Letter to His Son’s Teacher’ is Totally Fake3

    Someone recently shared with me, via social media, a charming letter Abraham Lincoln supposedly wrote to his son’s teacher on the day the lad started school. The headline was catchy. I couldn’t resist clicking. After all, perhaps there was a bit of wisdom in the letter I could share with Intellectual Takeout readers. Here is

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  • Why Manners and Respect Classes Are Back (and a Big Hit with Children)

    Why Manners and Respect Classes Are Back (and a Big Hit with Children)0

    A friend of mine recently posted a handful of pictures on social media of the neighborhood tea party her daughter and several other little girls had. An older mentor joined in as well, teaching the girls the basics of polite table manners. Following the party, my friend asked the girls what their favorite part had

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  • Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented

    Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented0

    The military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government report. President Donald Trump recently proposed to draw from the $700 billion appropriated for the military for funds to build the border wall, which comes with a price tag estimated

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  • The Reason a Facelift Costs Less Than a Knee Replacement

    The Reason a Facelift Costs Less Than a Knee Replacement0

    Between 1998 and 2017 prices for “Medical Care Services” in the US (as measured by the BLS’s CPI for Medical Care Services) more than doubled (+105.3 percent increase) while the CPI for “Hospital and Related Services” (data here) nearly tripled (+189.3 percent increase). Those increases in the costs of medical-related services compared to only a 50.3 percent

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  • Mike Rowe Hits Hard for Fatherhood

    Mike Rowe Hits Hard for Fatherhood0

    If you’ve followed Intellectual Takeout for any length of time, you’ll know that Fatherhood is a regular topic. You’ll also probably recognize that it’s not a popular topic in the culture. The Ivory Tower declares patriarchy as one of the great sins of the West. Hollywood and Madison Ave. do their parts to mock and

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  • Are Parents Responsible for the Troubled State of American Children?

    Are Parents Responsible for the Troubled State of American Children?0

    We read about teenage killers, we acquiesce to college students by establishing free speech “Safe zones” lest feelings are bruised by politically-incorrect opinions elsewhere, we hear about high-school teachers imposing personal and political agendas in classrooms, we accept “Gun-free zones” in schools that invite invasive violence, we watch our youth — taught to abandon the

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  • Venezuela’s President Tackles Economic Crisis by Deleting 3 Zeros From its Currency

    Venezuela’s President Tackles Economic Crisis by Deleting 3 Zeros From its Currency0

    It seems that Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro has finally found the way to bring the country out of the unprecedented economic crisis Venezuela is immersed in since 2012. The ineffable leader of the Bolivarian Revolution has recently announced the launching of a new currency, the so-called Sovereign Bolivar, which will replace the bolivar as the

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