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Why Sacrifice is Evil
My Life as and Artist | December 17th 2009 by Bob Kimball
Let us discuss the logic of sacrifice and why sacrifice is evil.Situation 1:Suppose two children are drowning in a pool. You can save only one of them. Your child is 1 foot further out than your neighbor's child. Therefore, there is a slightly gre read more
Searching for Steve Ditko
Klintron's Brain | December 14th 2009
It’s not much of a stretch to imagine that Ditko sees himself as a real-life “Howard Roark,” Rand’s fictional architect in The Fountainhead, a man who refuses to compromise his vision. Rand’s influence was even more obvious in his right wi read more
14 Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
The Tax Lawyer's Blog | December 10th 2009 by Peter
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is probably the most quotable of all modern philosophers because much of his philosophy was written in short aphorisms: It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. He has been read more
Robert Mayhew's Review Of Burns' Goddess of the Market
Fun With Gravity | December 10th 2009
In the latest issue of The Objective Standard, Robert Mayhew provides a rather damning review of Jennifer Burns' book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.I find this article interesting for a couple of reasons: Mayhew has experienc read more
ARC: Obama’s Flawed Prescription for Health Care
Fun With Gravity | December 2nd 2009
I like this concise criticism of Democratic health care policy by Jeff Scialabba of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. It's very effective at pointing out in a short article how the solutions proposed by Obama and the Democrats are actually t read more
Basic Principles of Objectivism course now available for download
Philosophy 101 | November 27th 2009 by Anja
The Culture of Reason Center is offering lectures 1-20 of Nathaniel Branden’s The Basic Principles of Objectivism Course for sale as individual MP3 downloads. These are the original lectures that Branden gave during the operation of the Nathani read more
Today’s Crisis Rooted in Our Philosophy
My Rational Reality | November 26th 2009
As we give thanks today for the family, friends, and fortune in our lives, and as we remember the Pilgrims who fled tyranny in Europe to begin a new life in America, we might also want to devote some additional time to think about the philosophy of read more
America, House, and Humiliation
Recipe for success | November 15th 2009 by Dmobile215
America, House and humiliation Society’s hypocritical and overt obsession The majority of the public would call themselves selfless, charitable, community centered and socially aware. The swarming mass of people called society would agree tha read more
Reason.tv’s Interviews on Ayn Rand
Daily Uprising | November 8th 2009
Click here to view the embedded video.Rand-O-Rama: The Long Shelf Life of Ayn Rand’s Legacy Click here to view the embedded video.Goddess of the Market Author Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand Click here to view the embedded video.Reason Foundation Co read more
The Life and Impact of Ayn Rand
Free Libertarian | November 7th 2009 by Mike Renzulli
Last month the Cato Institute hosted a forum to discuss the life and work of Ayn Rand. The event involved brief lectures by Anne Heller and Jennifer Burns both of whom authored books on Ms. Rand's life and work and were followed by book signings.You read more
Reason Asks the Question: What’s Wrong With Ayn Rand?
Comics Cavern | November 7th 2009 by Matt Sager
How weird is Ayn Rand? Well, to put it in terms relevant to us comics fans, her philosophies inspired, no, instilled in Steve Ditko a righteous fervor to systematically destroy his career and alienate just about everybody he ever came in contact wit read more
Objectivist Roundup
Fun With Gravity | November 5th 2009
The latest Objectivist Roundup is posted at NoodeFood!The Roundup features posts by blog authors who live by and advocate Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand.Go, Reason!! read more
A Brief History of Ethics: Part I
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 5th 2009 by Little Alex
An overview of the four major approaches to ethical reasoning, from Aristotle to Rand—and why they doth sucketh… (22:20): Download Universally Preferable Behavior free! Stefan Molyneux runs Freedomain Radio, the largest and most popular read more
How Do We Solve the Present Economic Crisis? A Renaissance in Ph…
My Rational Reality | November 3rd 2009
Given the continued calls for government to fix the economy (and the many contradictions implicit in the widespread idea that government can “help” by using force), I believe it is clear most Americans still do not understand that economics is 1) read more
Ayn of the Times
Sassistas! Our dish on the social soup | November 2nd 2009
She's back! Just when you think you had finally outgrown her, Ayn (rhymes with "sign") Rand is back and more popular than ever. A new biography, Ayn Rand and the World She Made was the cover review in this week's New York Times Book Review and w read more
why the specter of objectivism is still with us
weird things | November 2nd 2009 by Greg Fish
Having written for a business magazine and with a background that includes business school (though in my defense, I mostly studied statistics and social science), I just have to indulge my guilty pleasure of taking on a business topic once in a while read more
Discussing Sexuality on CNN IBN
Leitmotif | November 2nd 2009 by Jerry Johnson
Watch me and my friends discussing sexual minorities on CNN IBN. Posted in Culture, Homosexuality, India, Love and Romance, Mumbai, My Friends, Personal, Rights and Morality, The Best of Leitmotif, Uncategorized read more
‘Sacred Scriptures of the Human Race’ [updated]
Not PC | October 26th 2009
Too many atheists are content to grant religionists of all brands a monopoly over what they call the 'spiritual.' “We haven't any spiritual goals or qualities,” they say, “All we care for is material things.” &n read more
Conservative and Libertarian Novelists of the Future #1: Kira Pe…
Daily Uprising | October 24th 2009
Conservatives are not only poised to capture the talk radio and cable news networks, but also the bestseller lists. There’s a new non-fiction bestseller every other week from a conservative personality and conservatives like Vince Flynn and To read more
Philosophy: The Objectivity of Reality
Ex Animus - An exploration of life | October 21st 2009 by Kevin
As an objectivist, I often find myself debating with others who claim that truth is relative. Of course, what they’re really saying is either that there is no truth (except perhaps the maxim that there is no truth?) or that we can have no access to read more
Review - Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right b…
Fun With Gravity | October 20th 2009
I just finished reading Jennifer Burns' book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, and I enjoyed it very much.I say this as someone who has done a lot of cringing over years due to thoughtless criticisms of Rand and Objectivism. God read more
Ayn Rand on the Daily Show
Not PC | October 20th 2009
Jennifer Burns has just written a biography of Ayn Rand, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, and having just finished reading a review of the book (written in less than laudatory fashion by Jeff Perren) I was less than expectant a read more
Sparring With the Cult of Ayn Rand
The Reformed Broker | October 8th 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown
I recently posted an interview I did with the ghost of Ayn Rand and, as expected, a few Randian ideologues came out of the woodwork to challenge the points I sought to get across in my post. I do these faux-interviews because I believe that my strong read more
Is Selfishness a Virtue? Yes, at the Gambling Table
The Daily Message Point | October 5th 2009 by Vince Reardon
The late Ayn Rand became famous for promoting the “virtue” of selfishness in bestselling novels (Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead) and non-fiction works. In the process she attracted a devoted following of academics and public intelle read more
Speak No Evil – A Trip Down Memory Lane
Artist R.L. Gibson, The Xerographist | October 3rd 2009
As an homage to the new interactive R.L. Gibson site, I thought we could all take a little trip down memory lane with some work from the past. Speak No Evil is not my favorite series to date; however, it is a step in my development as an artist th read more
Ayn Rand has something to say to Glenn Beck [updated]
Not PC | October 3rd 2009
You know what’s wrong with America now? According to top-rating Fox TV host Glenn Beck it’s … wait for it … “God is no longer trusted in America”! The number one reason America is going to the dogs? Says Beck, it’s because the numbers o read more
Metacritique of "The Objectivist Ethics"
The Necro Files | October 1st 2009 by Garg the Unzola
The following responds to a critique of "The Objectivist Ethics". Regular readers might have guessed that I am a bit of a Randroid. My numbering corresponds to the numbering of the author. To follow things smoothly, you have to read the cri read more
Objectivism for fun & non-profit – Wikipedia founder explains
Not PC | September 29th 2009
A while back I posted a presentation by BB&T banker John Allison in which he explained how his bank uses Objectivist values to make enormous profits. (Watch here if you haven’t seen it before, or watch it again, but with a pen and paper t read more
Political Correctness
DOUGLAS CASTLE | September 27th 2009 by Douglas Castle
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS- by Douglas Castle (http://aboutdouglascastle.blogspot.com/) , who is a proud Featured Columnist on THE NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter. Receive a free subscription at http://twitlik.com/OK I cannot say enough about political corr read more
New Ayn Rand Institute Web Site
Fun With Gravity | September 25th 2009
This new web site further reinforces my opinion that the Ayn Rand Institute rocks. The new site is called Principles of a Free Society, and is geared specifically to clarifying the intellectual issues surrounding the fight for freedom in this country read more
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