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The hardest, most powerful kind of courage isn’t standing up to our enemies. It’s standing up for the truth when it goes against our own side and what we once thought was right. intellectualtakeout.org/2025…

'Truth and Treason' and the Power of Standing up to One's Own - Intellectual Takeout

In the opening scenes of “Truth & Treason,” we see a young Helmuth Hübener craft his “patriotic statement.” It’s 1941, in Hamburg, Germany.

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Where does knowledge come from? intellectualtakeout.org/2026…

Where Does Knowledge Come From? - Intellectual Takeout

The concept of being itself is the object of metaphysics, the basis for every other branch of philosophy including epistemology, the study of knowledge.

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Is it time to stop running our schools like factories? intellectualtakeout.org/2016…

Is it Time to Stop Running Our Schools Like Factories? - Intellectual Takeout

The political discourse over education in the United States consists mainly over arguing about funding and how best to "prepare students for the workforce."

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What qualities would you add? intellectualtakeout.org/2017…

The 5 Things Men and Women Should Look for in a Mate - Intellectual Takeout

It’s no secret that marriage rates are declining. Recent data from Pew shows that between 1960 and 2016, marriage rates for those 18 and older fell from 72

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“Not facts first,” Chesterton insisted, “truth first.” Is this a paradox? intellectualtakeout.org/2023…

Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror - Intellectual Takeout

Now let’s look at the mirror on the wall in fairyland. This is not a factual mirror but a fictional mirror; it is not a prosaic mirror but a poetic mirror; it

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Should more people invite children to their weddings? intellectualtakeout.org/2025…

Why You Should Invite Children to Your Wedding - Intellectual Takeout

Two years ago, my wedding day went south when a young child pulled the fire alarm a couple hours into the reception, forcing everyone to evacuate as we waited

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Do Americans not take their voting duties seriously enough? intellectualtakeout.org/2026…

Getting Out the Vote Means Getting Yourself Into a Voting Booth - Intellectual Takeout

Moreover, the midterms are bringing other important issues to the voters beside the elections of various officials. In Alabama, citizens going to the polls

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It seems that words today change meanings every day. How did we arrive here, why does it matter, and who is responsible? intellectualtakeout.org/2023…

The Doctor of Deconstruction: Who Is Jacques Derrida? - Intellectual Takeout

Jacques Derrida was a prolific writer on a wide range of topics, particularly in the realm of literary theory and linguistics.

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It’s growing increasingly clear that America’s students aren’t the little geniuses we’ve always thought them to be. intellectualtakeout.org/2023…

The Tyranny of Equality in Education - Intellectual Takeout

It’s growing increasingly clear that America’s students aren’t the little geniuses we’ve always thought them to be. School after school in states across the

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What are the best strategies for paying off debt? intellectualtakeout.org/2022…

How I Paid Off $20,000 in Debt in 6 Months - Intellectual Takeout

During the lockdowns, I read every article I could about financial freedom and knew I had to make changes if I wanted to set myself up for success.

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Should we entrust children with more difficult tasks? intellectualtakeout.org/2017…

Why Children Should Learn to Use Power Tools - Intellectual Takeout

When I was about 10 years old, a friend and I attended a summer program for kids. One of the activities involved making a small wooden footstool.

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How do parents instill the skill of self-entertainment into young children? intellectualtakeout.org/2023…

Teaching Children to Self-Entertain - Intellectual Takeout

Teaching children to self-entertain is key to traditional parenting. While I totally understand the desire to occasionally use technology and screens as

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It should be clear at this point that the early Americans saw gun rights as an important check on government power. But perhaps modern weaponry makes this point moot? intellectualtakeout.org/2023…

Gun Control Advocates Ignore What the Founding Fathers Really Thought - Intellectual Takeout

An extreme argument from the gun control crowd is that AR-15s and similar weapons would be futile against the government’s advanced weaponry arsenal

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Should parents be paid? intellectualtakeout.org/2019…

Should Parents Be Paid? - Intellectual Takeout

There is increased discussion of how hard it is becoming to simply raise children. With the world’s fertility rate converging towards just 1.7 children per

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There is one way in which the Simpson family patriarch has continuously outshined many of his sitcom brethren over the last 31 seasons. intellectualtakeout.org/2019…

Homer Simpson, the Unlikely Moral Exemplar - Intellectual Takeout

Homer Simpson is far from a good person. Among his many defects are alcoholism, sleeping on the job, a general disregard for the law, a gambling problem, and

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What is Binx searching for in "The Moviegoer"? intellectualtakeout.org/2024…

What is Modern Malaise? Exploring Binx’s Search in ‘The Moviegoer’ - Intellectual Takeout

In Walker Percy’s National Book Award–winning novel The Moviegoer, the protagonist, a restless and dislocated stock broker, Binx Bolling, sets out on a

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How can we establish a habit of reading? intellectualtakeout.org/2025…

Don't Set Reading Goals. Build Reading Habits. - Intellectual Takeout

One of the most popular New Year's resolutions—alongside "Lose weight" and "Improve relationships"—is "Read more." Reading is associated with success in life.

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How was it that in the year 1567, the reigning queen of Scotland had been spirited away by her own nobles to a remote and forbidding fortress surrounded by water? intellectualtakeout.org/2024…

Keeping Courage, Resisting Groupthink: The Great Escape of Mary Queen of Scots - Intellectual...

For a teenage boy like Willy Douglas, there was bound to be something appealing about the tall, beautiful, spirited, and forsaken 24-year-old queen imprisoned

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What books would you recommend? intellectualtakeout.org/2024…

8 Works of Religious Fiction You Should Read - Intellectual Takeout

Digging through theological treatises isn’t the only way to learn about religion. Sometimes the simplest way to learn more is through religious fiction.

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Should parents require their children to do chores? intellectualtakeout.org/2016…

In Defense of Chores - Intellectual Takeout

While scrolling down my timeline I saw this, an article that describes pictures of a six-year-old boy doing chores—cooking, cleaning, you know, normal stuff.

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