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  • Mateen Transcript: Why are References to ISIS Being Scrubbed?

    Mateen Transcript: Why are References to ISIS Being Scrubbed?0

    The Department of Justice today released a transcript of the calls Omar Mateen made during the shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub a week ago.  The transcript is incomplete, however. During a conversation with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said references to Islamic terrorism would be removed. “What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of

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  • Is a War Against the Family Being Waged in the West?

    Is a War Against the Family Being Waged in the West?0

    For decades, now, Christians have worried about the progressive push to strip naked the public square by forcing religion into the shadows of a private sphere. Recent events have made clear that this is not the case. Everything is public and political to the secular left. All aspects of our lives are fair game in

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  • Has the ‘War on Boys’ Entered the Workforce?

    Has the ‘War on Boys’ Entered the Workforce?0

    This morning The Washington Post reported on a growing problem afflicting the American workforce: fewer men are participating. The Post explains: “The [workforce downturn] problem is particularly pronounced among men between the ages of 25 and 54, traditionally considered the prime working years. Their participation rate has been declining for decades, but the drop-off accelerated

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  • What U.S. Students Miss by Not Learning Latin

    What U.S. Students Miss by Not Learning Latin0

    Although it’s not primetime news in the U.S., a 15 year-old student from Athens, Georgia, recently made international waves when he became the first American to win the Certamen Ovidianum Latin competition in Italy. Josiah Meadows took home $1,000 in cash and other prizes for translating a passage from Ovid and then writing an essay

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  • What does Liquid Nitrogen do to Your Face?

    What does Liquid Nitrogen do to Your Face?0

    What do you do when it’s Friday afternoon and you’ve ran out of ideas to write about? You go to Youtube!  Sure enough, after scrolling through a few dozen videos I was able to find something that looked cool enough to share with Intellectual Takeout readers.  Grant Thompson (aka “The King of Random”) makes weekly videos that

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  • US Has History of Banning Immigrants with Radical Ideas

    US Has History of Banning Immigrants with Radical Ideas0

    The Washington Post blasted Donald Trump this week over his proposal to stem the flow of immigrants from nations associated with terrorism.   Trump’s radical speech, the news writers said, was  “laden with falsehoods and exaggeration.” Trump was fiery and combative in contrast to his opponent Hillary Clinton, who was “cool and collected.”  Every person the Post

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