New Activism Gallery Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 5/09/2004, 7:43pm
I've just added an "Activism" gallery. People can now submit a letter to the editor, an op-ed, or a report of some activism they were involved in (or are planning).(Read more...)
Editor's update! Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 5/13/2004, 4:42am
Boys & Girls, Let me ask again - those of you who've submitted articles - for your forebearance. The embarrassment of riches remains as embarrassingly rich as when I last posted. And some of you who've been in the queue for a while will continue to be the victims of queue-jumping if something super-topical is su...(Read more...)
From the article: "When she was 8 or 9, Rocket checked 66 books out of Merritt Island Library in one visit. She said she read them within a week. Perhaps such precocity was destined for a girl named after philosopher and author Ayn Rand, known for her celebration of individuality."(Read more...)
Ky Michaelson, affectionately known as "The Rocketman," has designed the first viable amateur pilotless rocket, which has flown 62 miles into space.
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Editor's Update! Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 5/23/2004, 12:20am
SOLOists - a request to those of you who have submitted articles, but sent them to me or Jeff rather than entering them in the Article Queue. Could you please do so? All you have to do is click on Contribute Content on this page, then on Add Article on the page that comes up next. After that, just follow instructions. ...(Read more...)
SoloHQ: New Forums and Clubs Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 5/24/2004, 1:23am
I've added a board called "Banter" which can only be read by members. It's a place to talk about anything. The idea is to have a less formal place to chit-chat about anything you want.
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A brand new interview with Libertarian leaning economist Milton Friedman. Friedman is the modern day John Galt of economics, winner of the 1976 Nobel prize.
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I can't believe this was in the local paper. If this were in the Onion, it would be one of the funniest stories there, but in the Merc, it's even funnier. Yes, I live in California.(Read more...)
My new cyberseminar, "Putting Dialectics to Work," begins on Monday, September 6, 2004. The central readings for the first third of the course will be from chapters 1-4 and 9 of Total Freedom (with a few supplemental readings from chapters 11-13 of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical). During the last 2/3 of the cour...(Read more...)
