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  • Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism

    Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism0

    Have you had this happen to you? The topic of racism comes up in casual conversation. Some white person defensively says that he has black friends. He is immediately (and implausibly) denounced. The thinking is that the claim that “some of my best friends are black” is an old canard to cover up…racism. The accused

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  • Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (50-26)

    Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (50-26)0

    The end of another year is always a great opportunity to look back and reflect. But as many have already noted, 2016 is not the happiest year to look back and reflect upon. In spite of the year’s challenges, we at Intellectual Takeout are thankful for the opportunities we had to discuss the ideas and

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  • America’s Corrupt Aristocracy

    America’s Corrupt Aristocracy0

    After the deaths of George Michael and Carrie Fisher, a Daily Beast headline declared, “We have lost our Prince and Princess.” It is a declaration that says a lot about our culture. The first thing to take note of about such a headline is that it indicates that these two celebrities were seen as members of some

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  • Why I Rent a Tiny Apartment Rather than Buy a Big Home

    Why I Rent a Tiny Apartment Rather than Buy a Big Home0

    For one hundred plus years, Americans have been told that owning a home embodies the ideal, an essential life goal. After the housing crash of 2008, that unquestioned ideal is no more. What precisely is wrong with renting? And what is wrong with renting something small? These days, I live in Atlanta, Georgia. A few

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  • The Reason Barack Obama Failed

    The Reason Barack Obama Failed0

    No presidency in my lifetime was greeted with such enthusiasm and unhinged hope as that of Barack Obama. At the start of his first term, a cult-like following had already developed among the intellectual and media elite. It was the dawn of a new age, marked by exuberant anticipation of justice, fairness, equality, peace, and

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  • The Most Influential Scientist You Never Heard Of (Probably)

    The Most Influential Scientist You Never Heard Of (Probably)0

    Gaze at Alexander Von Humboldt’s 1814 self-portrait and you peer into the eyes of a man who sought to see and understand everything. By this point in his life, at age 45, Humboldt had tutored himself in every branch of science, spent more than five years on a 6,000 mile scientific trek through South America,

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