 PI editorial, Mon June 17
by Lindsay Perigo
If the kiwi's survival depends on the outcome of stoats vs sandal-wearers, then it's a goner, for sure. (Read more...)
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 Reaching New Readers
by Barry Kayton
I'd like to see are more attempts by young Objectivist writers to reach new kinds of readers. (Read more...)
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 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art: A Forward
by Michael Newberry
An explanation of the Foundation for the Advancement of Art. (Read more...)
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 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art: Mission Statement
by Michael Newberry
From the War Room Project page: Announcing the Foundation for the Advancement of Art. (Read more...)
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 Fat Foes
by Anton Kelly
The war against tobacco has almost been won and busybodies are turning their attention to the rising prevalence of obesity. (Read more...)
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 Bernstein Apology (humor)
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
In the words of the great Jimmy Swaggart and ARI role-model: "I have sinned against you, my Lord!" (Read more...)
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Wishing Won't Fill the Fuel Tank
by Anton Kelly
They were convinced that only prayer and natural herbal remedies would help Caleb, and they took him from hospital because they believe conventional medicine is "Satan’s way". (Read more...)
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PI Editorial, June 10, 2002 - Et Tu, Deborah!
by Lindsay Perigo
Life goes on. Deborah Coddington, MP, certainly won't be the worst MP in the House, & may well be the best...Does it hurt? You bet it does. (Read more...)
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Franchising the Philosophy of Objectivism
by Barry Kayton
Thinking of Objectivism as a product opens up a range of possibilities for taking the philosophy to a wider audience. (Read more...)
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God Save the Queen!
by Marcus Bachler
If the monarchy is ever abolished, it will not be based upon any principles, but due to some scandal or lull in popularity. (Read more...)
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 Active vs. Passive Minds
by Joseph Rowlands
Objectivism holds rationality as a virtue. This shouldn't just mean that we think rationally only when we have to. (Read more...)
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PI Editorial, Wed June 5
by Lindsay Perigo
In setting SOLO up, I promised, among many other things, to confront Objectivism with its history on this matter. Thanks to Chris Matthew Sciabarra - & heedless of the likes of Reuben Chapple - I have made good on that promise. (Read more...)
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Air Piracy Attempt Thwarted (Humor)
by Craig Ceely
Aero Chihuahua Flight 1369 landed safely here late this afternoon after an apparent hijacking attempt by two Arab Muslim men, both of whom were killed in the attempt. (Read more...)
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 Forty-Two Will Do
by Anton Kelly
Many mystics believe the nonsense that they do because they think that life, the universe and everything is so fantastic and complex that it must have been designed and created by a supremely complex and intelligent being. (Read more...)
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Small Town Heroes
by Ross Elliot
The small-town objectivist can view his isolation as an opportunity to spread the word, offer alternatives to staid parochial viewpoints, to act as a subversive yet benevolent element. (Read more...)
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PI Editorial. Wed May 29
by Lindsay Perigo
Actually, I don't regard remaining "emotionally neutral" about the issues philosophy deals with as "positive" at all. That's a Mr. Spock view of philosophy which is a perfect example of the reason/passion dichotomy that SOLO exists, in part, to counter. (Read more...)
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No Case for the Empire
by Glenn Lamont
In an age of "anti-heroes," where the lines of morality are blurred and virtues are package dealt, there are few examples where heroes are heroes and villains are villains. Star Wars is one of them. (Read more...)
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Memorial Day is over...now, back to work!
by Craig Ceely
Values are meaningful only for, and to, the living--and it is only the living who can mark any occasion, properly or improperly. (Read more...)
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PI editorial, Tues May 28
by Lindsay Perigo
In my list of personal heroes on SOLO's Capturing the Spirit page I included the name of Malcolm Muggeridge. The page had been up barely a week before some indignant person was demanding to know how I could rank such a dreadful religionist among the people I look up to. That's easy. (Read more...)
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PI editorial, Mon May 27
by Lindsay Perigo
Problem is, in the game of life, this emphasis on the "team" becomes an enforced subordination of the individual to "society." (Read more...)
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Reversing the Motive
by Joseph Rowlands
Reversing The Motive asks the question, what if you were trying to accomplish the opposite? (Read more...)
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Forgiveness
by Joseph Rowlands
"It is against the sin of forgiveness that I wanted to warn you." (Read more...)
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Right to Keep and Bear Arms
by Joseph Rowlands
Recently, the U.S. federal government has again decided to interpret the Second Amendment as being a right of individuals to keep and bear arms (with a truck full of caveats, of course). The gun control thugs are upset because they wanted to interpret it as a "collective right". (Read more...)
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Another Call to Arms
by Brett Holverstott
The Foundation's long-term goal is to place Enlightenment Art in the world's most important art institutions. (Read more...)
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 Principles and the Law
by Joseph Rowlands
Laws are an attempt to objectify the use of force in society. They describe the moral boundaries that cannot be crossed, and the punishment for crossing them. Laws, though, are written in the form of rules. (Read more...)
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