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  • Loneliness is Killing Us

    Loneliness is Killing Us0

    That’s the claim made by George Monbiot in a column for The Guardian entitled “The Age of Loneliness is Killing Us.”   He explains:   “Three months ago we read that loneliness has become an epidemic among young adults. Now we learn that it is just as great an affliction of older people. A study

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  • The Builders Inspire

    The Builders Inspire0

    • October 7, 2015

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of America’s great poets. As the Main Historical Society states, “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world- famous personality by the time of his death

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  • Are States Lying About Student Performance?

    Are States Lying About Student Performance?0

    • October 7, 2015

    If your child came home with a report card full of As and Bs every quarter, and regularly aced the yearly state standardized tests, you would naturally be a proud parent. But what if those As and Bs didn’t give a true picture and your child was actually failing miserably? Unfortunately, that is exactly what

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  • America is in Moral Decline… But Why?

    America is in Moral Decline… But Why?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Many in the Intellectual Takeout audience express frustration about the apparent decline of morality in American society. When it comes to traditional morals, they charge, parents aren’t forming children in them, schools aren’t teaching them, and society isn’t adequately promoting them. So what happened? If it is in fact the case that traditional morality in

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  • Actually, Underage Drinking is Legal in Most States

    Actually, Underage Drinking is Legal in Most States0

    The United States has one of the highest minimum drinking ages (21) of all countries. In case you didn’t know, the age of 21 was made uniform across the United States in 1984. In that year, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill that threatened to withhold federal highway funds from states that didn’t

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  • Lower the Voting Age?

    Lower the Voting Age?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Having started my own business while I was still in high school, I was a bit miffed when I first discovered that I was going to have to pay taxes – at age 17. “But I can’t even vote yet!” I wailed to my father, “That’s like taxation without representation!” That little moment of drama

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