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  • Read Castro’s Comical Response to Cuba’s Human Rights Crimes

    Read Castro’s Comical Response to Cuba’s Human Rights Crimes0

    The two presidents greeted one another, smiling broadly, before dozens of flashing cameras in Havana’s Revolutionary Palace on Monday. The visit was historic. Though it was President Obama’s fourth meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro, it was the first time a U.S. president had visited Cuba in nearly a century.   After greeting one another,

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  • Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?

    Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?1

    A child is capable of completing a homework assignment without his parents’ help. Astonishing, right?  According to a recent New York Times piece by Kj Dell’Antonia on her own parenting experience, it would seem to be. But, Dell’Antionia’s experience is not unique in our culture that expects “good” parents to be hyper-involved. Dell’Antonia relates that

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  • Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?

    Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?1

    Ever since the particularly contentious and wild 2016 presidential election, an increasing number of articles have posed the question: “How do you talk to your kids about Donald Trump?” Or about the many other varied and wild political fights that occur with increasing regularity? The question largely revolves around Trump because of his sometimes controversial

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  • Battle over Teacher Accused of Racism is Heating Up

    Battle over Teacher Accused of Racism is Heating Up0

    It has been quite a month for St. Paul’s Como Park High School. On March 10, Intellectual Takeout shared with readers a video depicting two youths beating up a teacher, later identified as Mark Rawlings, a 48-year-old technology teacher at Como High. It turns out that the same day Rawlings was thrashed by the two

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  • The Real Reason Feminists Don’t Like ‘Princesses’?

    The Real Reason Feminists Don’t Like ‘Princesses’?0

    If you’re like me, you’ve probably had a chuckle now and then over little girls who run around with pink gowns with a tiara topping their tousled hair. But as author Jerramy Fine explains, the princess persona has been much maligned in a culture which discourages “girly” femininity, and instead encourages girls to do everything

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  • Do Americans Need a Weekly Day of Rest?

    Do Americans Need a Weekly Day of Rest?0

    For many who work in the world of desks and offices, the idea of going to work on a Sunday is rather incomprehensible, except perhaps when under the pressure of an urgent deadline. But for those who work in industries such as retail or service, Sunday has become just another day. Nowhere is this more

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