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Friday Comic: Mandela Effect 0
- Entertainment
- February 10, 2023
“Mandela Effect.” Credit: OwenComics (store). Twitter: @owenbroadcast. Instagram: @owenbroadcast. ITO Save this article to favorites
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Not Your School’s Reading List 7: Great Women and Their Deeds 0
- Literature
- February 9, 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. This week’s entries feature extraordinary women and the history they lived through. From monarchs to scholars to pioneers, the
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The Not-So-Great Depression Diet 0
- Politics, Economics
- February 9, 2023
When E.C. Harwood formed the American Institute for Economic Research 90 years ago, the New Deal was just beginning. The Great Depression, though, was over three years old, and it was a hangry, troublesome toddler. For those with a job, or on a fixed income, the Depression was great, because prices sank a great deal.
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How to Survive Life in Our Looney Bin 2
- Politics, Culture
- February 8, 2023
In 1828, utopian socialist Robert Owen is supposed to have remarked to his business associate William Allen, “All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.” For obvious reasons, today we substitute mad or crazy for queer in that quotation, but the meaning remains the same. And despite
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Amazon Trades Charity for Ideology 0
- Politics, Culture
- February 8, 2023
Eighty-five years ago, Carl Stotz had an epiphany of sorts while he was passing a lazy summer day playing catch with his two nephews and tripped over a lilac bush while chasing a wild pitch. While nursing his wounds he had a flash of brilliance that would forever change the lives of children, families, communities,
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Stephen Curry’s Housing Hypocrisy 1
- Politics, Culture
- February 7, 2023
Stephen Curry is quite the guy. Professional athlete, philanthropist, and social justice advocate—is there anything he can’t do? Apparently there is, seeing as how the NBA player has difficulty practicing what he preaches. Curry came under fire this week after it was revealed that he and his wife oppose the construction of multifamily housing near
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