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Be the Master of the Thrift Store 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Brand new Cole-Haan leather shoes, just my size: $5. Four matching framed prints of old Roman coins: $4. Ralph Lauren windowpane-checked three-button suit: $20. Waist-length mink coat: $32. Real pearl and rare stone necklace: $3.50. Hand-painted wine carafe imported from Israel: $2. Twinkie warmer circa 1983: $1.50. I’m talking thrift store here, as in Goodwill.
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Wise (and Timeless) Advice from Rudyard Kipling 0
- History
- December 30, 2016
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two towns 100 miles apart boast different names but nonetheless were named for the same person—though he never set foot in either one. The towns are Kipling and Rudyard, and the honored individual was Rudyard Kipling. A re-reading of a poem he first published 106 years ago is a good way to end
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Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher 0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
Carrie Fisher once said her life could be summed up in a single sentence: “If my life weren’t funny, it would just be true.” At the heart of this sentence lies the reason I will miss Carrie Fisher: She was honest. The love of truth is a rare thing. T.S. Eliot and others have observed
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Webcamming: The Sex Work Revolution No One Will Talk About 0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
The development of the internet has completely transformed the way we do business; and the “oldest profession” is no exception. In a world of online chatrooms, webcam performers can market anything from conversation to explicit sex acts. And unlike pornography or prostitution, there are virtually no laws regulating this form of sex work. Webcamming is
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Two Things Holding America Together 0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
In her Friday column, Peggy Noonan traced the travels of Chris Arnade, a photographer who spent 2016 traversing the nation, taking pictures of struggling Americans along the way. (You’ll find his work in the Guardian and the Atlantic.) Noonan’s columns that probe American life tend to be insightful and poetic, and this one was no
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QUIZ: Can You Ace This High School Literature Exam?0
- Entertainment
- December 30, 2016
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Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (25-1)0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
Yesterday we gave you a quick appetizer of Intellectual Takeout’s top 2016 posts, numbers 50 through 26. Today we bring you Intellectual Takeout’s 25 most read articles in 2016. Looking forward to a great 2017 of rational and reasoned discourse with you, our wonderful audience! 25. 5 Ways to Spot a Psychopath If you
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Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
I’m always game for a good thinker’s film. The film Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia who searches for his wife’s murderer, really stands out. It was assembled in reverse temporal order with flashback scenes thrown in at random spots. Don’t check your smart phone during this one, folks. The
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5 of the Coolest Biblical Archaeology Finds from 2016 0
- Education
- December 30, 2016
One of the fun things about reaching the end of the year is the opportunity to be both reminded of events forgotten and alerted to news items that one may have missed. I had the latter experience when I read about a few interesting archaeological discoveries that occurred in 2016. 1. Artifacts from First Temple
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