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Prophetic Fiction: Literary Accounts of Woke Academia 4
- Education, Literature
- December 16, 2022
I have a very fat file in my computer of crazy things that have happened in my professional life as an academic. Colleagues saying and doing stuff no one outside of academia would believe; encounters with students convinced they knew more about my work than I do; and classes, speakers, and other campus events so
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Friday Comic: Five Stars!0
- Entertainment
- December 16, 2022
“Five Stars!” Credit: OwenComics (store). Twitter: @owenbroadcast. Instagram @owenbroadcast. ITO Save this article to favorites
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Not Your School’s Reading List 3: Fiction for the Ages 3
- Literature
- December 15, 2022
At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this ongoing series of literature recommendations. This week’s entries include fictional stories with timeless themes and insight into reality, in addition to being enjoyable tales
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‘Reddy’ or Not, Winter Is Coming 1
- Economics, Politics
- December 15, 2022
Can you imagine scanning the skies, seeing it’s a calm, overcast day, and then realizing you’re in danger? That is the energy world environmentalists are pushing us into. The looming threat of a dull day is something warned about in a new report from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. It’s what would critically disrupt an
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This Christmas Season, I’ve Become a Hallmark Man 7
- Entertainment
- December 14, 2022
The following admission should embarrass me. Fortunately, I have reached the age where personal quirks more often bring amusement than shame. Here’s my confession: I’ve begun watching Hallmark movies. Recently, I even spent two evenings with a Candace Cameron Bure film from the Great American Family. Yep, here I am, a guy in his early
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Child Services Tells Mother Her Kids Can’t Play Outside by Themselves 0
- Politics, Family
- December 14, 2022
Via Reason: Emily Fields’ three kids—a boy, age four, and two girls, ages 6 and 8—were playing outside. The Fields live in the quiet town of Pearisburg in rural western Virginia. It was there, on a May afternoon in 2021, that Fields’ 4-year-old kicked a soccer ball across the road toward the neighbor’s cat, which
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