Search Page Template - Intellectual Takeout

Parents Launch Petition after Transgender Athletes Place First and Second in Girls Track Championships 0
- Culture
- June 18, 2018
Two athletes who were born males placed first and second in state track championship events for high school girls, causing anger among other competitors and parents who say they had an unfair advantage over the girls. Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood dominated Connecticut’s races, sweeping gold and silver medals with little competition and stirring outrage
READ MORE
How to Avoid Becoming a Casualty of Student Loan Debt 1
- Economics
- June 18, 2018
More frequently, college graduates are reporting that student loan debt dictates almost every aspect of their lives, including “jobs, children, marriage, buying a house, and saving for retirement.” Some feel “trapped” and bear crushing guilt for having others cosign on ill-advised loans. Graduates are suffering not just financially, but physically as well. A recent survey showed that “[m]ore than 61
READ MORE
How ‘Incredibles 2’ Is Making Superheroes Great Again 0
- Culture
- June 18, 2018
I saw Incredibles 2 over the Father’s Day weekend, and just like its predecessor, there’s a lot to ponder beneath the surface of this animated film. In the real world we’ve had to wait 14 years, but the sequel picks up basically where the original left off. As the Rev. Jerry Zandstra wrote of the original, “litigiousness and
READ MORE

Who’s on the Right Side of History?1
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
It has become a commonplace in modern political polemic to talk about being on the right side of history. It is a phrase commonly employed by those who consider themselves “enlightened” or “progressive” and is used to condemn political opponents for being on the wrong side of history, or as being historically incorrect. As usual,
READ MORE
The Op-Ed on Diversity that Got a Best-Selling American Author Sacked by Penguin 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
Lionel Shriver, an American author best known for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, was troubled by an email a colleague forwarded to her regarding Penguin Random House’s new literary and hiring policies. The letter stated that the publishing giant would remove “the need for a university degree from nearly all our
READ MORE
What the Reaction to MPR Raccoon Tells Us About Millennials 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
Perhaps you heard, but the raccoon that scaled the UBS building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was just using its superpower instincts. As Suzanne MacDonald, a psychologist from York University studying urban raccoons, notes in an article for The Washington Post, the newly dubbed #mprraccoon was just hungry and curious— and also happens to have Spiderman
READ MORE

Search results