 The Enemy
by Joseph Rowlands
If this is a war of ideas, who is the enemy? This question is important not just because it's important to identify clearly what you're up against, but also to identify what you're not up against. (Read more...)
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 $190 Billion of Evil
by Jeff Landauer
Yesterday, president Bush signed into law the biggest farm subsidy and price support bill in US history that will cost $190 billion dollars over 10 years. (Read more...)
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Find the Common Ground
by Joseph Rowlands
There aren't many people who will defend a belief if they have no reason to accept it. So when you encounter someone who you think is wrong, or is accepting a false idea, the first question you should ask yourself is why they would accept that idea. (Read more...)
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  Romance & Rationalism
by Lindsay Perigo
In seeking a romantic partner, many Objectivists begin with a floating abstraction called John Galt, or Howard Roark, or Dagny Taggart - characters from Ayn Rand's novels. These characters always know their own minds, never falter, never experience fear, doubt, or confusion, never err, never belch, never break wind, never fumble when uncorking the wine. They are without flaw, failing or foible. In reality, they don't exist. But such is the power of Ayn Rand's projection of them that many Objectivists will settle for nothing less in their own lives. The consequences of this rationalistic attitude are personal misery & destruction ... (Read more...)
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 I Are a Student
by Russell Madden
Philadelphia was once a center for the explosion of liberty that helped create the United States. Perhaps one day its citizens will abandon the illusion that there can be a "middle-way" between freedom and its opposite. Perhaps one day they will opt for true educational reform and, at last, set their students free. (Read more...)
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Stylized Life
by Glenn Lamont
Objectivism provides you with the tools to make your life extraordinary, to make your life like the pages of an Ayn Rand novel. I call this living a stylized life. (Read more...)
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 PI editorial, Fri May 10
by Lindsay Perigo
One of the sideshows in the circus that is New Zealand politics at the moment is "Paintgate" - the Prime Minister's art forgeries. Helen Clark put her signature on paintings done by others - in some cases members of her staff - for charities who would auction them as the Prime Minister's very own handiwork. Now, the police are investigating her for fraud. (Read more...)
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Keep It Purposeful
by Joseph Rowlands
When you're arguing, you have to have a goal. What is the goal, and are you using the most effective strategy? (Read more...)
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PI editorial, Thurs May 9
by Lindsay Perigo
I've just heard of Pim Fortuyn for the first time.He is, or was, a Dutch politician. He's just been shot dead. (Read more...)
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Creativity and Logic
by Joseph Rowlands
The word “creative” has a very strange usage these days. Young children are called creative when they scribble with crayons. Modern “artists” are considered creative when they spew out unrecognizable garbage. What's the theme? What are they getting at? (Read more...)
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Environmentalism and the Efficacy of Man
by Joseph Rowlands
The debate over global warming has some interesting roles taken by its participants. The environmentalists usually take the position that man is a pathetic and worthless abomination. But they’ve taken a peculiar stance here. (Read more...)
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PI Editorial, Tues, May 7
by Lindsay Perigo
In two respects at least, New Zealand is currently providing object lessons for the rest of the world & comic relief for those few of its own citizens whose gray matter is habitually active. (Read more...)
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The Importance Of Philosophy
by Joseph Rowlands
From the War Room's Project page. Discussion and status of the Importance of Philosophy project. (Read more...)
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 [PI] PI Editorial, May 1, 2002: Showtime!!!
by Lindsay Perigo
Lindsay Perigo Announces the grand opening of soloHQ. (Read more...)
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Discover Freeland
by Barry Kayton
From the War Room's Project page. Barry Kayton discusses his Discover Freeland project, an activity book aimed at 10-12 year olds. (Read more...)
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Call To Arms
by Joseph Rowlands
Attention SOLOists or other interested Objectivists. We need your help. (Read more...)
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The Benefits of Objectivism
by Barry Kayton
Objectivism is a philosophy based in this world; a philosophy for your mind, your life, your liberty; a philosophy for life as it could be and should be. As such, the benefits of Objectivism are the benefits of life itself: priceless. (Read more...)
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SOLO HQ Mission Statement
by Joseph Rowlands
Welcome to SOLO HQ -- Sense Of Life Objectivists Headquarters - the new and official website for SOLO. (Read more...)
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 What is Objectivism?
by Lindsay Perigo
Ayn Rand herself, relative to other philosophers, didn't write "volumes." In terms of quality & import, however, she out-wrote most of them combined & multiplied. Some philosophers (not many) had argued discretely for one or more of the above; she integrated ALL of it & brought esthetics into the mix as well. She argued that facts are facts; that reality is what it is, independent of our feelings or wishes; that human reason is able to grasp what it is; that reason's tools - sense-perception, concept-formation & logic - are, contrary to many philosophers, valid; that these facts have irresistible & demonstrable implications for ethics, politics, economics & art: they enjoin rational self-interest, individual liberty, capitalism & what she called "romantic realism" as part of "man's proper estate" - an "upright posture." (Read more...)
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Solo Conference Testimonials
by Various Authors
Feedback from the first SOLO conference in Waitomo Caves Hotel, New Zealand. (Read more...)
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Soaring SOLO
by Lindsay Perigo
Well, we did it. Just a year after its formation, SOLO scored its first international conference at the Waitomo Caves Hotel, New Zealand. (Read more...)
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An Educational Game
by Joseph Rowlands
The rules of this game are simple. We’re going to pretend that we’re running the government. But instead of valuing education, we’re going to pretend that we disvalue education. (Read more...)
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Objectivism and Homosexuality: Part 3 in a Series
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
The current installment of this multi-part series on “Objectivism and Homosexuality” is a “Horror File” in and of itself in that it documents the depressing experiences of gay people in their dealings with self-identified “Objectivists.” (Read more...)
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Starship Astronaut the Rational Egoist
by Monart Pon
Starship is the integration of artistry and machinery created by man's science, technology, and philosophy for generating, sustaining, and enhancing the rational, continually growing life that reaches from Earth and Sun to flourish in Free Space, among the stars. (Read more...)
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Philosophy for Life
by Lindsay Perigo
When I personally disagree with one of my contributors, I usually don't bother to say so. On this occasion, I'm going to make an exception & take issue with Bryan Register (page 36), since the subject is something dear to my heart - philosophy. (Read more...)
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