The latest entry to my Philosophy, Science, Politics, Art podcast. "The Narratives of love presented in some of these excerpts reflect many of the predominant philosophical cultural ideas about love. This topic may seem out of place in this podcast usual devoted to politics, science, or history, but the curren...(Read more...)
National Review Online, shockingly, posted a very positive article about John Allison and his "cleaving to Ayn Rand’s system of ethics." From the article: Rand’s seminal work, Atlas Shrugged, is currently #42 on the Amazon bestseller list in paperback and #135 in hardcover. That’s pretty remarkable for a novel ...(Read more...)
Mark your calendar for an Objectivist blowout Summer Conference,Please share with others who might be interested. FREE MINDS '09: The past, present, future of Objectivism. June 30-July 8, 2009 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Call for Presentations Nathaniel Branden, Tibor Machan, ...(Read more...)
From the Wall Street Journal article about the novel: These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008. We already have been served up the $700 billion "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act" and the "Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act." Now tha...(Read more...)
What makes this article interesting is that, presumably unawares, Brooks is promoting the Objectivist notion that what we ultimately control is our level to focus and that volition is ultimately the choice to exercise this or not.(Read more...)
Comment from Manfred F. Schieder: Mr. Gen LaGreca, of the George Reisman Blog, sent me an article, based on his speech at FreedomFest 2008, which, why specifically related to the actual situation in the United States, contains considerations and proposes strategies that I consider of utmost importance on a worldwide sc...(Read more...)
From the whimsical Mental Floss magazine ("Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix"), comes this review of Atlas Shrugged. It discusses not only the book itself, but Ayn Rand and major names she influenced, as well.(Read more...)
