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Not Your School’s Reading List 12: Science Fiction and Space Opera 5
- Literature
- April 20, 2023
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. Set across the universe, these stories tell of fictional worlds and futures, first encounters with extraterrestrials, the human condition
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What 3 Years Working Retail Taught Me 2
- Philosophy
- April 20, 2023
On a whiteboard in a communal space at my university, a student wrote this question: “If you could make one law, what would it be?” The answers, written by students from a variety of different majors, were sometimes funny. “Everyone gets free ice cream on Fridays,” one person wrote. Others were more serious and ideologically
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Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns 2
- Politics, Family
- April 20, 2023
The spate of recent mass shootings is once again turning us all into experts who wax eloquent on social media. “We can’t have this anymore,” many shout. “It’s time to do something!” “Doing something,” of course, often doubles as code for gun control. But such gun control is right and good, individuals argue, because it
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4 Traditional Skills for Young Women 4
- Family
- April 19, 2023
As a young woman in today’s world, I’ve seen how modern conveniences have chipped away at the skills so many used to pride themselves on. I greatly admire the men and women, particularly those among the younger generations, who have taken the time to learn the skills of their forefathers. Certainly, the pioneers didn’t have
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In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted 1
- Politics, Education
- April 19, 2023
The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did when I attended them in the 1980s and 90s, when they also looked quite similar to how they did when my father attended those same schools in the 1950s and 60s. Sure, there
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Ignoring the Obvious: Mass Murder, Guns, and Evil 10
- Culture
- April 18, 2023
Every time there is a mass murder event, the vultures launch. It’s fascinating in a sickening way. A bunch of people get killed, and within minutes the same crew of anti-gun zealots shows up all over the news and social media, pushing the same tired proposals that we’ve either tried before or logic tells us
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