By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout April 28, 2022 A little girl sporting a blue tutu came into view the other day as I walked by a school parking lot. But it wasn’t the tutu that caught my attention—it was her mother’s various commands and entreaties that she was happily ignoring. “It’s time to go, honey!” […]
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Behind Every Masculine Man is a Feminine Woman
Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout April 13, 2022 “Where are all the good men?” is a question you’ve probably heard asked a time or two in your life. Perhaps, you’ve even uttered it yourself. Instead of the manly, John Wayne-types running around, we get boys wearing tight, ill-fitting pants and flowered blouses, sweeping their long hair up into a […]
Real Men Wanted
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout March 15, 2022 Another wonder of technology was unveiled recently when marine archaeologists used undersea drones to locate and record the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. Video footage shows a surprisingly well-preserved ship, its name still intact and clearly visible. Digging up historical artifacts is always fascinating, particularly when those […]
Where Have All the Great Men Gone? (Not to Harvard)
Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout March 2, 2022 The other day, Harvard senior Julie Hartman wrote a brief tale in the Wall Street Journal about what has been happening on that revered campus since COVID landed its microscopic self on American shores. She and her classmates have been denied the norms of campus life, treated instead […]
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (If You Shack Up First)
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout February 15, 2022 “Kim Kardashian is here!” my friend said in an excited stage whisper. Pulling my eyes off the major-league baseball game on the field below, I gave her a confused look. It was 2011, and I was still blissfully unaware of the reality TV star and her family. […]
The Feminization of Society Hurts Everyone
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout February 2, 2022 Sean Penn made waves with his comments about masculinity and femininity. The pugnacious actor, who once won an Academy Award for his portrayal of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and who called for the imprisonment of anyone who called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a dictator isn’t exactly known […]
Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout January 18, 2022 A friend of mine decided to shake the dust of the cities off his feet last year and migrate to a more rural area. Reflecting on the move, he seemed surprised at how much he was enjoying the change. My takeaway from our conversation was that his […]
Peace in the Maddening Maze of Life
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout December 22, 2021 The end of December is always a good time to reminisce and take stock of our lives. This seems especially appropriate as many of us have come through yet another difficult year—rising prices, vaccine mandates, and increased Orwellian censorship to name just a few problems—and don’t have […]
Pushing the Pause Button on Profanity
By Annie Holmquist The Epoch Times December 7, 2021 While out on an evening walk in a local park, I heard a fellow walker coming down the path behind me, talking on his phone. His tone was even-keeled and calm … but it seemed like every fifth word was an expletive, uttered in the same […]
The Numbers Don’t Support Scapegoating the Unvaccinated
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout July 30, 2021 If you’re tired of the pandemic and just want to go back to normal, David Frum at The Atlantic has news for you: It’s all the stupid people who refuse to take the vaccine that are prolonging our COVID misery. Oh, wait, that’s not it exactly. In actuality, […]