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What if teenagers can’t even read?0
- Culture
- December 16, 2016
The teacher’s words are a year old now, but still deeply troubling. In her December 4, 2014 letter to the editor, Kim Dallas, an English teacher at Rosemount High School in Minnesota had the following to say: “I teach high school English, and I am begging you to please read to your children. Read everything.
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Grammar Nazis: A True Intellectual is More Gracious 0
- History
- December 16, 2016
Every day on Facebook, I watch as some debate is interrupted by a correction of a participant’s grammar. When these corrections occur on Intellectual Takeout, they are sometimes accompanied by a dig at the person’s intelligence, with the implication that the corrector is much more of an intellectual. For all of you Grammar Nazis out
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How to Know When Holiday Drinking is Hurting Your Brain 0
- Culture
- December 16, 2016
For many, the holidays are indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Families and friends come together and enjoy food, good cheer – and, often, alcohol. Commercially speaking, alcohol and the holidays seem to be made for each other. Alcohol can be a quick and easy way to get into the spirit of celebration.
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Study Explains Best Way to Bond with Kids While Reading 0
- Culture
- December 16, 2016
For many years now, my family has always tried to make some time over the holidays to sit down together and read old Christmas stories. The first memory I have of this tradition occurred when I was in early grade school. Even though it was past my bedtime and the rest of the family was
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The Classic Christmas Movies That Say Taxation Is Theft 0
- Culture
- December 16, 2016
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New Study Links Pot Use to Degenerative Brain Disorder 0
- Philosophy
- December 16, 2016
Via Big Think: Researchers at Amen Clinics Inc. of California have found evidence that chronic use may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s. This is because it restricts blood flow to the regions of the brain where the condition takes root. Co-author Dr. Elisabeth Jorandby and colleagues recruited participants with marijuana use disorder. Around nine percent
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