Intellectual Takeout

Some people just have a knack for making a place a home, no matter how humble the dwelling. ...

I was recently chatting with a group of people when the dialogue drifted to the question of what ...

I recently re-read George Orwell’s anti-Soviet fable "Animal Farm" for the first time since high school, and I found ...

I received a rather frantic email from a friend when school started last fall. Panicking over the number ...

Like you, I’m horrified by the exponential growth in social chaos and totalitarian impulses ravaging our country. It ...

Anyone who has read classic literature knows that there are things in old books that offend our sensibilities. ...

Frederick Douglass once remarked, 'It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.'

Hello, my name is Emma and I’m a stay-at-home mother. Or ... no ... wait! I’m a work-at-home ...

“The Lord of the Rings.” “Star Wars.” “Harry Potter.” These beloved fantasies, despite their differences in tone and setting, all ...

During these last few holiday seasons in Britain and America, a strange new concept has become incredibly popular. ...

In November 2018, the Nation’s Report Card announced that no more than 40 percent of America’s fourth and eighth graders are proficient ...

It’s not news that U.S. divorce rate hovers around 50 percent. It seems more and more that divorce ...

Ah! It’s a lovely Friday evening. You’ve had a successful work week and now it’s time to have ...

While a vast majority of Americans believe in God or a “universal spirit,” many feel they have trouble connecting to ...

In his classic 1991 essay in The Wall Street Journal, New York State Teacher of the Year John ...

My sister and brother-in-law were off on a tour of Central Europe, and I was spending a few ...

A number of years ago, a friend of mine organized a Christmas charity event. Like many of its ...

For almost 20 years, I have written book reviews for a weekly newspaper in Western North Carolina. In ...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the chaos and the noise that seems to be a normal part ...

I burst out laughing the other day while reading a friend’s Facebook status. He explained that he and ...