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I am a Nutrition Coach for a large health/fitness corporation. I am a student for life, and a student of life. *** I am absolutely overjoyed with the human capacity of discovery and the human potential that is thereby made possible. I see the world with the freshness and exuberance of a child (a world without limits - BECAUSE curious, joy-seeking humans inhabit it). *** I liken philosophy to learning a skill or trade; the most important skill or trade possible. I believe that discovering the proper use of a human mind is literal emancipation (the "bottle-neck"; beyond which "truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, wisdom, and love" begin to flow like Niagra Falls). *** I have a blog (collecting cyber-dust by now!) at: http://www.ed-ucator.blogspot.com

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Executive Update for March, 2005
Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 3/31, 10:53pm

This month has seen progress on all fronts for SOLO. You can see some of the progress we've made in the numbers. Our membership is up by 114, we have 9 new authors, we've had 4600 posts on the forum, we've got 50 new articles, and we've got 4 new local clubs. We'll start this update with a salute to Luther Set... (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 22, 2005
Commentary
Two Worldviews - The Trader and Taking Syndromes
by A. Robert Malcom
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Jane Jacobs, in Systems of Survival, points out that there are only two methods of survival. In addition, she points out that humans are unique in possessing both -- all other animals have only one. These two methods of survival are, as Jacobs notes, fundamentally different outlooks on life. As such, they have profoundly different consequences. Originating in very different contexts, these outlooks each evolved into a set of syndromes that encompass a whole range of notions congruent with each particular view of the world. (Read more...)
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The Philosophy of Liberty!

A good audio-visual defense of freedom. (See the video)

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(News) Obama scripts town-hall meeting on health care. What would Bush say?
(News) President Obama Aligns with Marxist Dictators on Honduras
(Quotes) I've never bought into [sacrifice as the moral ideal]. Call me an Objectivist, call me what you will.
(Books) Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
(Quotes) [Pres. Obama] has left the concept of legal - he makes decrees. He got the spending via 'legitimate' vote... but no one challenged the constitutionality of TARP or the Stimulus bills. And no one is fighting against his ignoring the few limits on those new laws - he spends it where he wants, and makes decrees that have no law behind them (like firing the GM president, like setting salaries and bonuses). Law is the only tether to justice and the organized protection of rights. It has to be observed, now it isn't.

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News Discussions - Obama scripts town-hall meeting on health care. What would B... - 0
   Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 10:14am -- This could be titled "Information Flow and Democracy -- Part 2", to go along wit...
Article Discussions - On Passing Judgment: Politics versus Etiquette - 0
   Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:50pm -- Ted,......I really like this piece. Bravo.......Ed...
News Discussions - My...Hero? - 0
   Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:41pm -- Don't get too comfortable with Obama as your hero, Ted. If tides somehow turned ...
Article Discussions - Who Needs Philosophy - 18
   Monday, June 29, 2009 - 7:05am -- Further on this note: (1) Hardline rationalists (e.g. Plato) discount the...
Objectivism Q&A - Would the real capitalist please stand up? - 2
   Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 10:52pm -- Jordan,......I've known people to personally boycott corporations based on polit...
Article Discussions - Who Needs Philosophy - 17
   Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 7:57pm -- Stephen, One of the James quotations you offered in line with the common sayi...
General Forum - Is Taxation an Initiation of Force? - 43
   Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:19pm -- At the risk of being seen as "piling on" (praise):......Very well put, Bill........
Ayn Rand Sightings - Ayn Rand on Donahue 1979 - the full hour-long show - 2
   Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:14pm -- Good find, Ted. My hat's off to you.......I had searched for this before, but ha...
Blogs - Peace at Any Price - 73
   Friday, June 26, 2009 - 1:36pm -- Ted,......Whether you mind me saying so or not, there's a subtle contradiction w...
General Forum - Is Taxation an Initiation of Force? - 34
   Friday, June 26, 2009 - 1:30pm -- The problem is that taxes go into a big pool; an encompassing fund for all sorts...


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