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  • Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class

    Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class0

    Take any stack of student essays these day, and you’ll most likely get a “basket of deplorables.”   As we at Intellectual Takeout have pointed out on several occasions, only about 25% of America’s high school seniors are proficient in writing. We don’t really place most of the blame for this on the students. Chances

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  • Miss South Carolina’s Comment on Modesty Makes Waves

    Miss South Carolina’s Comment on Modesty Makes Waves1

    For those who didn’t know – or chose not to notice – the pageant to choose Miss America 2017 took place over the weekend. Per usual, the central feature of the competition saw contestants parade around in glitzy dresses and streamlined swimsuits. But while such costumes seem to be a required part of the show,

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  • Entrepreneur: Kids Get C-Minus in Financial Literacy

    Entrepreneur: Kids Get C-Minus in Financial Literacy0

    I’ll be honest: when I was in school, I never was much of a math person. In fact, I would have been quite happy if I could have figured out how to maneuver through college without taking a math class. Alas, I wasn’t quite clever enough to figure out how to pull that off, so

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  • Do You Know the National Anthem’s Secret Verses?

    Do You Know the National Anthem’s Secret Verses?0

    September 13th marks the birthday of America’s national anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner. Over the years, The Star-Spangled Banner has received its share of knocks and insults. Some say it’s too long. Others say it’s too hard to sing. Still others say that it’s focused on a minor episode in American history, and thus not an

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  • Can a Good God Really Allow Evil?

    Can a Good God Really Allow Evil?0

    Below is a Facebook post from Dr. Ryan McLaughlin, a professor of Religious Studies at Siena College in Albany, NY. In the post, he argues that Christians probably should question God’s goodness when confronted with the existence of evil in the world. Thoughts? “Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the

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  • ‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Colin Kaepernick in New Trailer

    ‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Colin Kaepernick in New Trailer0

    South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have joined the Colin Kaepernick vs. the National Anthem fray. A newly released trailer for Season 20 (!) shows a chorus of South Park residents singing about how great the (backup) San Francisco 49er quarterback is. The characters quickly change their tune, however. Take a look:  

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  • Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless

    Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless0

    Steven Pearlstein, in a recent article for the Washington Post, complained that modern parents were preventing their children from majoring in the liberal arts for fear that those who study history, literature or philosophy would have less chance of finding a well-paid job than those majoring in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM

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  • That Guy Who Tried to Assassinate George Washington in 1776

    That Guy Who Tried to Assassinate George Washington in 17760

    In June 1776, when the future of the American colonies looked bleak, a plot to assassinate Gen. George Washington was laid bare. Washington and the Continental Army were in New York, a city described by one historian as “a citadel of Tory sentiment.” Because Loyalist sentiment was so strong, many feared for the safety of

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  • Students Today Should Read More Nonfiction

    Students Today Should Read More Nonfiction1

    I’m going to say something that’s heresy to many people today: I’m not a big fan of novels. Mind you, I don’t celebrate this fact. In his Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis noted that he didn’t care for the company of small children, but he considered this a fault in himself. I have an analogous

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