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  • Is the Supreme Court Today More Powerful Than the Founders Intended?

    Is the Supreme Court Today More Powerful Than the Founders Intended?0

    With the high-profile coverage of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death earlier this month, a number of Americans have turned their attention toward the appointment of his replacement. A recent Pew Research poll found that 55% of Americans believe the Senate should move forward with the confirmation process when President Obama appoints his nominee. Pew also released

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  • Colleges Are Planning on Coddling Freshmen (More Than They Already Do)

    Colleges Are Planning on Coddling Freshmen (More Than They Already Do)0

    Apparently, colleges are having a hard time keeping students and graduating them. As NPR reports, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, colleges across the country are struggling to get students through to graduation: “In 2015, only a little more than half of students who enrolled in college in 2009 made it to graduation, with the

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  • The 5 Essentials of a Good Teacher

    The 5 Essentials of a Good Teacher0

    The famous Vergara vs. California case, which held “that several key job protections for teachers are so harmful to students that they deprive children of their constitutional right to an education,” is back in court. Unhappy with the original decision, the teachers unions brought their case to the appellate court yesterday, hoping to gain back

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  • Whatever Happened to Noblesse Oblige?

    Whatever Happened to Noblesse Oblige?0

    In the 1980s I served as the vicar of country parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight in England. One of my predecessors was The Rev’d Christian William Hampton Weekes—known affectionately as Hampy. Born in 1880 and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was the Vicar of Brading from 1935 to his

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  • ‘Idiocracy’ Writer: The Fictional Movie Has Become a ‘Documentary’

    ‘Idiocracy’ Writer: The Fictional Movie Has Become a ‘Documentary’0

    Many times on Intellectual Takeout, we see our readers label our current age an “Idiocracy,” referring to the 2006 dystopian movie in which all future American citizens, including the president, are idiots. Well, it now appears that the co-writer of “Idiocracy” agrees with them. In a now-viral post on Twitter yesterday, Etan Cohen tweeted that

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  • Is It Okay for Men and Women to Have Different Roles?

    Is It Okay for Men and Women to Have Different Roles?0

    Around the world women do more unpaid work than men. The Gates Foundation says that needs to change in order to “unlock the potential of women”, according to a recent article for the New York Times. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says that worldwide women spend “an average of 4.5 hours a day

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