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 […]
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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 […]
Santa: The Superspreader
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The truth is that herd immunity is a way of preventing vulnerable people from dying. It is achieved at the expense of some people dying, and we can stop that by protecting the vulnerable class in the process. In an ideal situation, you would protect the vulnerable as best […]
We’re All on this Train Together
By Jeff Minick Intellectual Takeout December 15, 2021 “All aboard!” North Carolina writer Anna Raglan was delighted to find that Amtrak’s conductors still called out these words to passengers before departing the station. In her new travelogue The Train From Greenville, Raglan, a kind and wise friend of mine, describes […]
New Study Says More Than 100,000 Cases of Cancer in 2020 Attributable to Alcohol Consumption
By Pamela Blume Christian Action League July 23, 2021 Another study on the ill-effects of alcohol on health has been published. An online journal, MedPageToday, referenced and linked to a study reported in an article in The Lancet Oncology by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and its Cancer Surveillance Branch in Lyon, France. […]
MIT Researchers Admit Anti-Maskers Are More Scientifically Rigorous
By Amy Holmquist Intellectual Takeout May 20, 2021 Editor’s Note: Friday, a week ago, Governor Roy Cooper announced that in light of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, the state would remove its indoor masks requirement for most settings. There has been considerable disagreement among evangelicals regarding masks mandates and their efficacy. In […]
Science, Politics, and COVID: Will Truth Prevail?
By Scott W. Atlas Hoover Institution April 14, 2021 The COVID pandemic has been a tragedy, no doubt. But it has exposed profound issues in America that threaten the principles of freedom and order that we Americans often take for granted. First, I have been shocked at the unprecedented exertion of power by the government […]
COVID Lockdown Policies Create a Leper-Type Society
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 14, 2021 In the 1980s, I made three trips to India as a short term missionary. During one of these trips, I spoke at a leper colony where people were separated from their families and ostracized by society. Their plight in life was extremely sad. Dr. Paul […]