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  • If the Constitution Was Written Like Campus Speech Codes

    If the Constitution Was Written Like Campus Speech Codes0

    We don’t know for certain if Voltaire actually said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Nonetheless, it’s a sentiment that has been a cornerstone of Western culture since the Enlightenment, and free speech is a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.   But

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  • Did ‘high ideals’ survive the Great War?

    Did ‘high ideals’ survive the Great War?0

    As we mark look back on World War I, it is not particularly difficult to see its great political aftershocks: the emergence of the United States as a global power, the Russian Revolution, the modern state of Israel, the still controversial borders of the Middle East, and of course: the second world war and the

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  • Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth

    Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth0

    If you’ve been following Intellectual Takeout for some time, you’ve probably discovered that we’re big fans of reading. Part of our encouragement for reading stems from the fact that nearly one in three Americans didn’t read a book in 2015. That’s a problem, particularly since reading expands our thoughts and equips us to make informed

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  • Can Chess Improve Student Behavior?

    Can Chess Improve Student Behavior?0

    A new study conducted in the U.K. produced a surprising finding: teaching elementary age children chess doesn’t improve math scores on standardized tests. This finding made waves as many previous studies have shown that learning chess brings significant boosts in math and science scores, particularly for older students.    But in fixating on this negative

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  • Why You Should Watch this Censored Nazi Propaganda Film

    Why You Should Watch this Censored Nazi Propaganda Film0

    A marvelous feature of the digital age is that we have opportunities to see films that were nearly impossible to view even decades ago. In some cases, the films were banned. This was the case with the 1935 Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will.” Despite its palpable evil, it was one of the great

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  • U.S. Students Win the 2016 Math Olympiad

    U.S. Students Win the 2016 Math Olympiad0

    Earlier this week, news came out that a group of U.S. students had won the 2016 International Math Olympiad. As the Washington Post noted, such news is surprising, particularly since the U.S. team was the reigning champion from 2015, a title they finally snagged after losing for 21 years. I was encouraged reading about the

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  • The Origin of the Term ‘Dark Ages’

    The Origin of the Term ‘Dark Ages’1

    With threats both without and within, some have surmised that the West is on the cusp of a new Dark Age. We at Intellectual Takeout have wondered the same thing ourselves. Traditionally, the term “Dark Age” has been assigned to the period that followed the Fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. It

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  • Shakespeare: More Beneficial than Self-Help Books?

    Shakespeare: More Beneficial than Self-Help Books?0

    CBS News recently ran a brief segment featuring Ken Ludwig, a playwright and author of How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. During the course of the interview, Ludwig explained that his purpose in writing the book was not only to get kids reading Shakespeare, but also to fill in the Shakespearean holes of the parents

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  • Pliny’s ‘Natural History’ Offers Odd Home Remedies

    Pliny’s ‘Natural History’ Offers Odd Home Remedies2

    Gaius Plinius Secundus (more commonly known simply as Pliny or Pliny the elder) was a Roman naturalist and physician who lived during the dawn of the Roman Empire.   Pliny was born in 23 A.D. in Lombardy, a province in Northern Italy, and spent many years in the Roman army as an officer. In his

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