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8 Penetrating Quotes from Elie Wiesel0
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
1) “Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.” 2) “If you ask me what I want to achieve, it’s to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.” 3) “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” 4) “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in
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Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’1
- Education
- July 6, 2016
The PreK-12 education system is becoming increasingly centralized. As I’ve pointed out before, the number of school districts in America has decreased by over 90% since FDR’s New Deal. With this increased centralization—and the standardized tests that have come with it—teachers have lost a lot of autonomy over their classrooms and what gets taught in
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The 7 Deadly Sins: Then & Now0
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
Today’s culture rarely references the seven deadly sins rooted in Christianity that had been known to nearly all men of the West for almost 2,000 years. Occasionally, one of the sins may be referenced in pop culture, but to my knowledge the most recent popular reference to them was the movie Seven (1995), a grisly
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Does Gender ‘Equality’ Degrade Both Sexes?0
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
If you’ve noticed that men are increasingly getting a bad rap in today’s world, you’re not alone. According to Washington Post journalist Cathy Young, men are routinely blamed for almost any habit or trait they have – whether good or bad. Such an attitude, Young says, is damaging not only to men, but for women
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School Grades Enter the ‘Everyone-Gets-a-Trophy’ World1
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
Summer has long been the season for local community sports and contests. In recent years, these contests have been particularly marked by the everyone-gets-a-trophy mentality where each individual gets recognition and a prize for their time and effort. For better or worse, that mentality may now be expanding beyond the summer community center and into
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Why the Hillary E-mail Scandal Should Matter to You0
- History
- July 6, 2016
On the 4th of July, Intellectual Takeout posted a clip of the John Adams HBO series to the Facebook page. In it, during a debate over whether or not the colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain, Adams states, “…I see hope. I see a new nation ready to take its place in the world.
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