Announcing Publication of Walter Donway's New Book of Poetry Touched By Its Rays, Walter Donway's new book of poetry, will be published in mid-February and available from www.objectivismstore.com. Touched By Its Rays is a publication of the Atlas Society; all income from its sale will go to support its work...(Read more...)
Elan Journo of the Ayn Rand Institute wrote an interesting piece yesterday for Front Page Magazine. The article is called 'Bring Them War, Not Elections' and it mocks the way America and George Bush see democracy as a political cure-all for Muslim countries. (Read more...)
"The most influential figure in Iraqi politics is now Moktadr al-Sadr, an Islamist warlord lusting after theocratic rule and American blood. When asked whether he would accept just such an outcome from the elections, Bush said that of course he would, because "democracy is democracy." No war that ushers Islamist...(Read more...)
Article on the construction of the Cascade Tunnel, which I think served as a model for the Taggart Tunnel. The article is a fascinating account of human achievement. Plus, written from a perspective before PC, the benevolent universe (classic, heroic, Rand-like, whatever you want to call it) tone adds to reading pleasu...(Read more...)