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  • Abdul Artan Was Taking a Class About Microaggressions

    Abdul Artan Was Taking a Class About Microaggressions0

    Via Reason magazine: Before he was shot dead while attempting to murder a bunch of people with a car and a butcher’s knife, Ohio State University student Abdul Artan—a Pakistani immigrant who reportedly became radicalized after learning about injustices committed against fellow Muslims—was enrolled in a class called “Crossing Identity Boundaries.” In fact, he had

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  • 5 Reasons People Tend to Get Happier as They Grow Older

    5 Reasons People Tend to Get Happier as They Grow Older0

    Happiness has become a modern obsession. Searching for it, holding on to it, and wishing it on our loved ones have all become motivating forces for how we live our lives. We also use happiness as a measuring stick for life decisions. If a job doesn’t make us happy, we quit it. If a relationship

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  • 10 Lessons Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Father

    10 Lessons Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Father0

    Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.), the last of Rome’s Five Great Emperors, was in many ways the paradigm of Plato’s philosopher king. His Meditations (essentially a diary written for himself) reveal a man striving for peace through wisdom, self-control, and stoical acceptance of the pain and pitfalls that accompany life. In Aurelius’ case, tragedy came early.

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  • Wahlberg: ‘Out of Touch’ Celebs Should Shut Up About Politics

    Wahlberg: ‘Out of Touch’ Celebs Should Shut Up About Politics0

    It’s almost a rite of passage for Hollywood celebrities to tell people in flyover country how to think and for whom to vote. At least one A-list celebrity had a suggestion for them: stop doing that. In a recent interview, two-time Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg made it clear he was not a fan of actors

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  • Trump Should Persuade Congress to Stop Subsidizing Big Bird

    Trump Should Persuade Congress to Stop Subsidizing Big Bird0

    A lot of ink has already been spent on what President-Elect Donald Trump should do in his first 100 days after he is sworn in Jan. 20, 2017.   Ceasing federal contributions to the Corporation on Public Broadcasting—which has an operating budget of $445 million budget, and funds both National Public Radio and the Public

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  • Secede and Decentralize: An Open Letter to Clinton Supporters

    Secede and Decentralize: An Open Letter to Clinton Supporters0

    Dear Clinton Voters: I know this election has been painful for you. Many feel betrayed and even believe yourselves no longer living in the country you thought you were. Reflect on that pain and frustration for a moment. Now recognize how you feel now is how an equally large, possibly larger, number felt for the past eight years.

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  • PC Killed One Professor’s Popular Philosophy Course

    PC Killed One Professor’s Popular Philosophy Course0

    As Intellectual Takeout has explained before, there’s a bit of a void when it comes to rational discourse in America’s high schools. So much so, that some students are taking things into their own hands with after school clubs in order to provide a platform for informed, reasonable dialogue about today’s issues. But unfortunately, it’s

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  • Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs That Drove the Third Reich

    Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs That Drove the Third Reich0

    Was Hitler—and by implication his ideology and the atrocities he committed—the product of increasing secularization in society, or was he rather an example of the perils of religion run amok? This is not just a sterile academic debate, but arouses the passions of many people today. In Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs That Drove the Third

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  • Did Apple Really Kick Breitbart’s App From iTunes?

    Did Apple Really Kick Breitbart’s App From iTunes?0

    Some right-wing sites—InfoWars, Gateway Pundit, and several others—are reporting that Breitbart’s app was kicked from the iTunes store by Apple. The word “purge” is being used. Breitbart is one of the most-trafficked websites in the U.S. and boasted nearly 170 million page views in October alone, according to media reports. So the idea that its app

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