Culture

How Federal Education Guidelines from 2014 are Destroying Kids’ Lives 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
In 2015, Intellectual Takeout reported that many classrooms in Saint Paul Public Schools had devolved into physical violence. If a recent story in the Washington Times is any indication, those incidents may be part of a growing nation-wide epidemic. The children of Josh and Nicole Landers have had horrifying experiences in Baltimore County Public Schools. Their 9-year-old son was bullied so
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3 Reasons Why the Pets-Babies Comparison Just Doesn’t Work 0
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- June 25, 2018
“Happy Father’s Day to all dads of human and fur babies!” This was the first thing that appeared in my Facebook newsfeed last Sunday. Like many people, I have the bad habit of checking my social media accounts as soon as I wake up. When I saw this, I rolled over and buried my face
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On Free Speech, 40% of Americans Are Closer to the Chinese Government’s Interpretation than the Founders 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Reason Magazine asked students at the University of Southern California to define “hate speech.” Among the students surveyed, Reason found plenty of wannabee dictators eager to offer their definitions of hate speech and ready to make it a crime. The lines students drew between what was or was not hate speech were arbitrary. The statement “Muslims shouldn’t be
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What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings 0
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- June 22, 2018
Talking with a friend the other day, she expressed frustration that she and her boyfriend weren’t engaged yet. Both have degrees, jobs and want to get married. When I suggested she and her beau take the leap, she shook her head. “Oh no,” she replied, “We don’t have the money right now, weddings are soooo
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Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2018
Yesterday afternoon an email from an Intellectual Takeout reader arrived in my inbox, asking what I thought of the jacket Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children near the Mexican border. Having read a previous article I wrote on Melania’s fashion choices, this reader asked if I could weigh in with some thoughts. Pulling up
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Illegal Immigrant Families: The Questions to REALLY Ask 0
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- June 21, 2018
As is the pattern lately, the country is worked up into a froth about an issue that’s been going on for years. In a week or two, it will likely be forgotten. Honestly, can you remember what the two-minutes-of-hate was about a few weeks ago? What about a month or two ago? The unfortunate
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