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  • 3 Reasons Why Laura Ingalls Wilder Was a Good Writer

    3 Reasons Why Laura Ingalls Wilder Was a Good Writer0

    Recently, an interesting but telling scene from These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder has been running through my mind. As the book explains, teenage Laura had just completed her first teaching stint in another school and was happily settling back into life as a student in her home school. On her first day

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  • Why the Hillary E-mail Scandal Should Matter to You

    Why the Hillary E-mail Scandal Should Matter to You0

    On the 4th of July, Intellectual Takeout posted a clip of the John Adams HBO series to the Facebook page. In it, during a debate over whether or not the colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain, Adams states, “…I see hope. I see a new nation ready to take its place in the world.

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  • The First Banzai Charge was Actually in Alaska

    The First Banzai Charge was Actually in Alaska0

    It’s probably safe to say that many Americans don’t know that the Japanese actually invaded the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during World War II. And while that may be a surprise to learn, it’s how the battle ended that is really shocking. For the Americans, the Aleutians were seen as a potential bridgehead for the

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  • The 7 Deadly Sins: Then & Now

    The 7 Deadly Sins: Then & Now0

    Today’s culture rarely references the seven deadly sins rooted in Christianity that had been known to nearly all men of the West for almost 2,000 years. Occasionally, one of the sins may be referenced in pop culture, but to my knowledge the most recent popular reference to them was the movie Seven (1995), a grisly

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  • School Grades Enter the ‘Everyone-Gets-a-Trophy’ World

    School Grades Enter the ‘Everyone-Gets-a-Trophy’ World1

    Summer has long been the season for local community sports and contests. In recent years, these contests have been particularly marked by the everyone-gets-a-trophy mentality where each individual gets recognition and a prize for their time and effort. For better or worse, that mentality may now be expanding beyond the summer community center and into

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  • Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’

    Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’1

    The PreK-12 education system is becoming increasingly centralized. As I’ve pointed out before, the number of school districts in America has decreased by over 90% since FDR’s New Deal. With this increased centralization—and the standardized tests that have come with it—teachers have lost a lot of autonomy over their classrooms and what gets taught in

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  • How Equality Destroyed the Carnegie Family

    How Equality Destroyed the Carnegie Family0

    Oh, how Andrew Carnegie adored creative destruction! How much he hated the past! His 1886 book, Triumphant Democracy,[1] a breathless paean to “the Republic,” feels like a prayer, spoken as much in numbers as in words. Among the words of his prayer, none charms like Equality—none possesses a more explanatory power or expresses such warm devotion. Even

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  • Does Gender ‘Equality’ Degrade Both Sexes?

    Does Gender ‘Equality’ Degrade Both Sexes?0

    If you’ve noticed that men are increasingly getting a bad rap in today’s world, you’re not alone. According to Washington Post journalist Cathy Young, men are routinely blamed for almost any habit or trait they have – whether good or bad. Such an attitude, Young says, is damaging not only to men, but for women

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  • 8 Penetrating Quotes from Elie Wiesel

    8 Penetrating Quotes from Elie Wiesel0

    1) “Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.” 2) “If you ask me what I want to achieve, it’s to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.” 3) “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” 4) “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in

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