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Psychologist: TV ‘Rapes’ our Mind 0
- Culture
- March 31, 2016
According to The Nielsen Company’s “The Total Audience Report” for the 3rd quarter of 2015, the average American adult spends 4 ½ hours each day watching TV and a total of 9 ½ hours each day being entertained through all devices. A typical critique of time spent watching TV and being entertained usually follows the
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Intellectual Takeout has an app!1
- March 31, 2016
It’s been too long in coming, but Intellectual Takeout now has an app. While it’s live on Apple’s App Store, it’s still just a beta version. You can download it for your iPhone by clicking the link below: Intellectual Takeout App Let us know what you think and what you’d like to see on it.
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Here’s the Poem behind the Bumper Sticker 0
- Culture
- March 31, 2016
If you drive around a bit, you’ve probably seen a “Not all who Wander are Lost” bumper sticker. The phrase actually comes from this lovely poem: All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the
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Nielsen Reports Reveal Crazy Racial Differences in TV Time 0
- Culture
- March 31, 2016
There is a fascinating bit of data revealed in a number of recent The Nielsen Company entertainment studies. While those in the entertainment and media industries may be aware of the discrepancies, the general public probably has no idea how different the entertainment habits are of different races of Americans. We certainly didn’t. In the
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Why We’re Headed for a ‘Nanny State’0
- Politics
- March 30, 2016
Americans love freedom. Or so they like to say. So why do we have more and more laws and an ever-expanding public sector? Why is our behavior increasingly regulated and restricted at almost every level? Why, in other words, is the state becoming our nanny? Our Daniel Lattier answered the first question last month: We
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Are We Sending the Wrong Message to Stay-at-Home Moms?0
- Culture
- March 30, 2016
When it comes to caregivers like stay-at-home moms, Americans have a serious blind spot. At least, that’s the opinion of Lara Dotson-Renta’s recent article in the Washington Post. Dotson-Renta, a stay-at-home mom who does freelance work on the side, discovered this problem when she found herself defending and justifying her choice to stay with her
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