 Detecting Metaphysical Value-Judgements in Painting
by Michael Newberry
The theme of a painting should make its message clear without any prior knowledge of what the painting is about. We have to be like detectives and look for clues within the painting itself... (Read more...)
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  Objectivism and Homosexuality 5: Ayn Rand and Beyond
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
The conclusion of the series. (Read more...)
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The Lost Spirit of Petra
by Barry Kayton
More than two millenia ago Petra featured prominently in history--the New York City of its day--but somehow became a city frozen in time and forgotten... (Read more...)
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Is Reality a Simulation Game?
by Francois Tremblay
Religious mystics propose that it is the supernatural that is the true reality; meditators propose the absence of thought as a profoundly significant state of being; Idealist philosophers propose a "realm of ideas" which is the true reality; promoters of Near-Death Experiences propose that the NDE is the highter reality... (Read more...)
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 Valuing Values
by Arthur Silber
The passionate commitment and dedication to the pursuit of values lies at the very heart of Objectivism. Ayn Rand's philosophy recognizes that, in the most general sense, we enter the world with only our minds to guide us as we make our way through life... (Read more...)
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Review of "If You Were Mine" by Mario Lanza
by Lindsay Perigo
What glittering jewels are gathered here! The selections on the Damon Lanza Productions CD If You Were Mine, unavailable elsewhere, show Damon's father in the freshest of voices & highest of spirits. This is now definitely added to my list of Desert Island CDs, so much material is there that, having heard it, I could not live without. (Read more...)
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Lessons from Miss Ives
by Anton Kelly
She was a girl in her late twenties, whose quietly harmonious, impenetrable face had a quality matching the best-designed office equipment; she was one of his most ruthlessly competent employees; her manner of performing her duties suggested the kind of rational cleanliness that would consider any element of emotion, while at work, as an unpardonable immorality. (Read more...)
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A Better Day Tomorrow
by Elizabeth Kanabe
We have the ability to be happy--if we take the necessary action to do so... (Read more...)
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 Cogs in Whose Wheel?
by Kernon Gibes
Viewing people as cogs in a wheel is a dangerous distortion, for when the wheel breaks, the cogs will not happily be stuffed back into place... (Read more...)
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Axioms Revisited
by Joseph Rowlands
Objectivism is not purely deductive. You can't prove that we have rights by starting with "existence exists" and performing deductive steps from there.... (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 25, 2002 |
Objectivists--The Young and The Christian
by Lindsay Perigo
"Judge not that ye be not judged," said Jesus. Forgive & love everyone, unconditionally, says Christianity. "Judge, & be prepared to be judged," said Ayn Rand. Withhold neither your contempt for men's vices nor your love for their virtues, says Objectivism. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 25, 2002 |
 Politically Incorrect Editorial, Wed, May 25
by Lindsay Perigo
Yesterday I wrote about certain similarities between New Zealand and Germany in light of the latter's weekend election results. I noted that like New Zealand, Germany had appeared to be on the brink of launching an assault on the collectivist beast that was devouring it, but, like New Zealand, had dissembled for want of philosophical fire power. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 24, 2002 |
Pandora's Box Part II
by Michael Newberry
When Pandora opened the box, marvelous things rose up and vanished into space before her eyes. Without grasping the nature of this phenomenon, she unleashed Postmodernism on humanity. (Read more...)
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 Politically Incorrect Editorial, Mon Sept 23
by Lindsay Perigo
The object lesson that Germany & New Zealand both currently provide is this: as long as capitalism-& a mongrelised mixed-economy version of it at that-is promoted on collectivist grounds, it is doomed to win battles but lose the war. (Read more...)
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We Went to the Moon
by Ross Elliot
There's a vicious little conspiracy theory about that maintains that Man never set foot on the moon. That it was a hoax. A lie. It goes something like this... (Read more...)
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The Relative Nature of Doubt
by Francois Tremblay
The mere act of doubting is seen as a good thing for many people with a deconstructivist agenda. But like any other method, doubt can be used in a good or bad way. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 19, 2002 |
Blood Money? I Don't Think So
by Matthew Graybosch
A businessman named Edward Fine survived the destruction of the World Trade Center by Muslim fanatics, despite being trapped on the 79th Floor of the north tower. A photographer from Agence France-Presse captured him on film, his suit covered in dust, in a photo that made the cover of Fortune. In the aftermath, he spoke freely of his experiences, but since then he's returned to his life as a businessman. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 18, 2002 |
Fraud Does Not Prove Anything But Fraud
by Francois Tremblay
The recent wave of corporate fraud, starting with Enron, has made many commentators raise on their hind legs and decry capitalism as unable to establish honesty. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 17, 2002 |
No Judging?
by Joseph Rowlands
Skepticism claims that moral judgments are impossible, not because morality is subjective, but because even if it were objective, knowledge is impossible. (Read more...)
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The Self-Educated Soul
by Matthew Graybosch
Labor Day has just passed here in the United States. Among other things, this means that children across the nation are returning to school for another year of "education". It is another year wasted; the schools attempt to accomplish the impossible by force-feeding knowledge to children unwilling to think while denying knowledge to children to whom thought is as natural and life-giving a process as breathing. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 12, 2002 |
 Blogs: Welcome Signs of Life
by Arthur Silber
In a fascinating recent article in Slate, writer Jack Shafer discusses the phenomenon of "Right-Wing Envy." Shafer notes: "[I]t's not just money that makes right writing so much fun. While the right seeks converts, trying both to persuade and entertain, the left spends its journalistic energy policing the movement. . . . [C]onservative journalists are more likely to allow readers to enjoy a magazine article without strong-arming them into signing the ideology oath that seems to come packed with most lefty journalism." The increasing effects of this very real, and welcome occurrence, are perhaps most noticeable in a relatively new Internet development: the world of blogs. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 11, 2002 |
I Did Not Fail Him
by Anton Kelly
Six New Zealand teenagers have just been convicted of killing 40-year-old pizza-delivery man Michael Choy in South Auckland last year. The oldest killer was seventeen at the time; the youngest, BJ Kurariki, was just twelve. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 10, 2002 |
Stacking the Deck -- And the Courts
by Arthur Silber
As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, on July 26, 2002: "San Francisco's judges have become the first in the state to cut ties with the Boy Scouts because of the organization's refusal to admit gays and lesbians." (Read more...)
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To Err or Not to Err
by Elizabeth Kanabe
Is it better to experience more and take the bad with the good, or to only enter situations when you are confident and can protect yourself as best as possible? (Read more...)
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The Meaning Of Life
by Joseph Rowlands
Joseph Rowlands gave this speech at the inaugural SOLO conference in NZ. "What is life? What do we mean when we say the word? Since the word stands at the center of Objectivist ethics, the answer to this question has wide-reaching implications." (Read more...)
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