 Machan's Musings - Distrust of our Minds Indicts Democracy
by Tibor R. Machan
The possibility for objectivity, while not guaranteeing that we will always get things right, is a bulwark against those who would deny our rights and proceed to rule the rest of us properly, as they believe only they can. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Selfishness the Right Way
by Tibor R. Machan
This rampant and wild altruism peddled by contemporary moral philosophers at some of the most highly regarded departments of philosophy is nonsense. One can only hope students encountering the pitch don’t live a life of endless and utter guilt and have the good sense to think matters through for themselves. (Read more...)
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What I have Learned from the Recent Debates on Homosexuality
by George W. Cordero
Rightly or wrongly, the issue tends to act like the first domino in a long row of dominos, if you allow that first one to be tipped over – all the rest will follow. (Read more...)
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eBay: Grassroots Capitalism
by Jake Moore
By now I'm sure most of you are in the know about the online auction house, but because of a conversation I recently had with a couple of people, I know that not everyone has been clued in about the site. If you already dig on eBay, no need to read this I suppose, but if you haven't experienced it, read on!
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Machan's Musings - Journalism vs Business
by Tibor R. Machan
We should not assume that government is populated by saints who should be entrusted to be the armed guardians of us all. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 30, 2004 |
Pure and Perfect Competition: An Unrealistic and Mistaken Ideal
by Edward W. Younkins
Antitrust regulation is based on an unrealistic economic model that compares the structure of existing markets with an arbitrary abstract ideal of pure and perfect competition that can never be attained in the real world. This model, which is used as a benchmark to judge monopoly and for resource misallocation analysis... (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 30, 2004 |
Keeping It Real
by Alec Mouhibian
It started with the Botox. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 29, 2004 |
Support Groups in Santa Fe
by Paul Hibbert
In this wondrous city of Santa Fe (The City Different) in of The Land of Enchantment (NewMexico), one is dumbstruck when one glances at the section of the pages of The Santa FeNew Mexican called Que Pasa? by the number of 'Support Groups' that are advertised. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 28, 2004 |
Machan's Musings - Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
by Tibor R. Machan
Communitarians clearly de-emphasize individual rights and stress community interests above all. And that is a bad idea that tends strongly to lead to the rule of elites. (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 25, 2004 |
John Kerry: Traitor
by James Kilbourne
What do you call a man who secretly meets with our enemy twice in Paris in the early seventies while we are at war with them and while we are involved with them in negotiations to end the war? (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 25, 2004 |
Machan's Musings - The New Republic's Anti-Capitalism?
by Tibor R. Machan
I don’t read minds well, especially from afar, but I guess we have here another instance of someone trying to belittle capitalism, making it look like it’s just some kind of irrational, random, helter-skelter phenomenon no one should take terribly seriously. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 22, 2004 |
The Truth About Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
by Scott D. DeSalvo
As much as we correctly revere capitalism as Objectivists, the adulation must stop when outright deception and the destruction of our right to a fair, rational jury of our peers begins. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 22, 2004 |
Machan's Musings - Coercion: A Bad Thing All Round?
by Tibor R. Machan
A dispute among those who favor the free society concerns whether the merits of that society need to be demonstrated over and over again, in each instance of proposed coercion. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 21, 2004 |
Flamespotting
by Jennifer Iannolo
Relax, it isn't what you think. :) (Read more...)
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"Capitalism" - Is it time for a change?
by Marcus Bachler
Capitalism can be made the scapegoat of whatever it is that they happen to hate about the economy at the time. It can stand for corporate corruption and greed, unfair trade with third world nations, excessive profits or the exploitation of workers. Capitalism has become a general smoke-screen for the criticism of avarice and the ultimate in left-wing “woolly” thinking. Is it time for a change? (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Topsy-turvy Anyone?
by Tibor R. Machan
Perhaps it is important to take a different measure of the premier institutions from what convention would have us do. Say, a ranking of universities in US News & World Report may well have to be looked at almost topsy-turvy rather than at face value. (Read more...)
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Multiculturalism: A Tool of Collectivism
by Edward W. Younkins
The main idea of multiculturalism is the equal value of all cultures (i.e., cultural relativism). However, multiculturalism does not mean cultures as normally understood but rather as biologically defined (i.e., ethnically, racially, or sexually defined) groups. Multiculturalism, a politicized form of cultural relativi... (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 18, 2004 |
It's Time To Move On: A Personal Statement
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
The deplorable history of homophobia in the Objectivist movement has now been made apparent. This historical undertaking has not been an end in itself, but a means of disarming the moralizers who would seek our sanction for their gay bashing. Those who don't share in this mission should seek other forums on this topic. But even for those who do share in this mission: It's time to move on...
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Philosophy Gone Wrong
by Joseph Rowlands
Having a conversation with someone I know, the discussion went to philosophy as it often does. We quickly came to disagreements because we had very different views on what the purpose of philosophy is. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 15, 2004 |
Machan's Musings - Trying To Have That Cake And Eat It Too
by Tibor R. Machan
Since the government has practically annexed everything owned by us that some sizable constituency is interested in, it is now imposing its various wishes and whims on how these things must be handled. (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 11, 2004 |
What We Said About Terrorist Filth, Pt 2
by Miscellaneous Authors
The dedicated site set up on the original SOLOHQ. (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 11, 2004 |
9/11 - What We Said About Terrorist Filth
by Miscellaneous Authors
Some posts on the Yahoo! SOLO Forum three years ago today, in response to the attacks by the lowest form of life on New York's Twin Towers ... and on all civilisation. (Read more...)
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The Idealism-Pragmatism Dichotomy
by Joseph Rowlands
By rejecting the crazy notion of living by 'principles' that just get in the way of living, pragmatism jumps down the opposite sewer. It says that principles are impractical, and you should just do what's practical. How do you know what's practical? Just do it, and see if it works! (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 9, 2004 |
Kant Couldn’t
by Peter Cresswell
The all-wise and ever-virtuous Fred Seddon appears every so often in these parts to tell us how wonderful is our sweet Uncle Kant, and how we’ve all got the poor fellow all wrong, and how – like Tony Soprano - he’s not really evil scum at all but just a regular guy who’s been misunderstood; the sort of home-loving guy we really should have around to tea and toast of an afternoon. Who's right? (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 9, 2004 |
Machan's Musings-On Gouging
by Tibor R. Machan
During most emergencies there are those who could certainly use quite a bit of help, and it is on such occasions that complaints about gouging surface most vociferously. The recent tropical storms and hurricanes in the Southeast saw many people having to board up their homes and businesses and evacuate the area for safer regions. (Read more...)
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