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Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point 0
- Philosophy
- January 6, 2017
On the Intellectual Takeout Facebook page, we see a lot of commenters who are not only a-religious, but anti-religious. Sorry to say, but I’ve found that most of those who are anti-religious are intellectually unimpressive. Most of their retorts represent nothing more than name-calling, they clearly lack an understanding of basic religious tenets (which I
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No, Don, this was Evil 0
- Culture
- January 6, 2017
By now, most of the country has learned about the kidnapping and torture of a white, special-needs teenager by four, young blacks in Chicago. The reason we all know about it? Because one of the four perpetrators decided to live-stream their actions on Facebook. (Warning, disturbing images.) The full video is rampant with
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From Russia with Love?0
- Politics
- January 6, 2017
The buzz word of Barack Obama’s Presidential Election Campaign, oh so many eons ago, was “change”. What Americans want, we were told, was “change”. Now as the sun sets on the Obama-Nation we move forward into a New Year with a new leader of a very different ilk at the helm. America, it seems, will
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Is Hunting Moral? A Philosopher Unpacks the Question 0
- Culture
- January 5, 2017
Every year as daylight dwindles and trees go bare, debates arise over the morality of hunting. Hunters see the act of stalking and killing deer, ducks, moose and other quarry as humane, necessary and natural, and thus as ethical. Critics respond that hunting is a cruel and useless act that one should be ashamed to
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Students Don’t Need a “Passion,” They Need Persistence 0
- Education
- January 5, 2017
Millennials are right to be angry about their schooling. Even the perpetrators see some of the damage they’re doing. “Escalating achievement pressure is not healthy for our youth,” says Kedra Ishop, an associate vice president for enrollment at the University of Michigan. “Young people are suffering from higher rates of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse
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How to Avoid Pointless Reading 0
- Education
- January 5, 2017
One of the funniest, but also most painful-to-watch, parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is in the Wichita hotel, when Steve Martin’s character has reached the boiling point with John Candy’s character, and finally unloads on him in a classic rant. At the close of the rant, he says the following: “And by the way,
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