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We Had to Reach This Point...Why?
The Conservative Rainbow | December 17th 2009 by Christopher Budden
This video, not to mention the other lies that have been exposed about global warming, are precisely the reason why I have denigrated, demeaned, and refused to join in with anyone even remotely promoting this silliness over the last decade. read more
The producer
The Gatehouse | December 16th 2009 by Ottens
“The virtue of Productiveness is the recognition of the fact that productive work is the process by which man’s mind sustains his life,” wrote Ayn Rand in 1964 in The Virtue of Selfishness—“the process that sets man free of read more
Obama Science Czar's Book ‘Ecoscience’ blames Judeo-Christian…
Wars & Rumor News & Video | December 15th 2009 by MichaelCooper
Infowars December 10, 2009 RELATED: Ecoscience author, Obama Science Advisor Called For “Planetary Regime” To Enforce Totalitarian Population Control Measures Here are excerpts from a chapter in ‘Ecosc read more
The Ideology That Screwed The World, Part 1
Sleeping with The Devil | December 14th 2009 by Darick
I am opposed to all forms of control. I am for an absolute laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy. Let me put it briefly -- I am for the separation of state and economics ~ Ayn Rand (2/2/1905 to 3/6/1982) a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, p read more
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I Am A Savage | December 5th 2009 by Michael Gibson
generic1: (via mandaflewaway) “Rorschach is described by Alan Moore, Watchmen’s writer, as an extremely right-wing character. Rorschach’s actions and journal writings display a belief in moral absolutism and objectivism, where good and evil ar read more
2010 Summer Internship Program at ARI
Voices for Reason | December 4th 2009
Here’s an item of potential interest for college students who’d like to study Ayn Rand’s corpus and philosophical system. The Ayn Rand Institute is accepting applications for its 2010 Summer Internship Program. The program runs in June and July read more
Friday ramble, #4711
Not PC | December 3rd 2009
Here’s news, links, and updates – just some of what caught my eye around the net this week (brought to you by my handy Twitter page). It’s a bit shorter than normal, because, well, you know . . . Al Gore is charging $1,209 to take a picture &a read more
11 Ayn Rand Quotes
The Tax Lawyer's Blog | December 3rd 2009 by Peter
More than 50 years ago Ayn Rand - rabid capitalist, best selling novelist and founder of the school of objectivism – said that America was on the verge of communist-style socialism: We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: read more
Signature in the Cell -- Comments
Check Your Premises | November 28th 2009 by Henry Scuoteguazza
Anyone familiar with Objectivism knows that Rand was an atheist. While Rand didn’t write specifically on intelligent design (ID) I’m sure she would have dismissed this argument because of its support for a supernatural being. Although I know it 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
Booking Through Posterity
everything distils into reading | November 20th 2009
Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now?I am a big fan of Dicken read more
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Me in Words | November 19th 2009 by Edwin Palathinkal
Mr. Apologist wrote: “The first was originally posed by Martin Heidegger: ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’” Mr. Apologist nowhere shows this to be valid question; instead, he simply assumes that it is valid, and 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
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
Ayn Rand
All Embracing But Underwhelming | November 2nd 2009
I’m quite happy to admit that I think that Objectivitists (the followers of the Randian ‘philosophy’) are foolish in their belief that Ayn Rand expressed a cogent and coherent philosophical framework. I will even go so far as to say 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
A Review For The Randheads
The Agonist | October 30th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Now this is one funny book review: The fact that this comparison (between central philosophy and doghouse blather) is so easily made is just one of the reasons why objectivism is a morally bankrupt, dilettantish, and fucking stupid way of thinking. 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
Is Christian Morality Objective? Part I: Introductory Treatise on…
Me in Words | October 17th 2009 by Edwin Palathinkal
Christian apologists since the Enlightenment have inflated their inventories of unusual and untenable claims about their religious ideals in order to protect them from critical scrutiny. One of the most recklessly untenable claims which finds its sup read more
The Splitting of Metaphysics in Ontology and Theology
... Our views on philosophy | October 13th 2009 by TatianaV
The Splitting of Metaphysics in Ontology and Theology © Tatiana Velitchkov Metaphysics has been the interest of many philosophers and theologians for a long time including Immanuel Kant (an idealist philosopher), Thomas Aquinas (theologian) and Aris read more
Let Me Speak!
Sincerely, Tiffany | October 12th 2009 by Tiffany
Should Journalists Be Allowed to Tweet?This brings me back to something that my Newswriting and Reporting professor said on the first day of class this semester. Journalists, particularly hard news journalists, have to make a choice between activism read more
On the Evils of Religion
Ionian Enchantment | October 11th 2009 by Michael Meadon
I don't think religion is 'the root of all evil' - the dangers and direct negative consequences have been somewhat exaggerated - nor do I think being religious is devoid of (non-epistemic) value. However, the ultimate source of religion is responsibl read more
Understanding “Sacrifice”
Unspoken Words | October 8th 2009 by Kushal
I recently found a broadcast by Ayn Rand in which she explains the basic idea of Objectivism. Towards the end of the broadcast, Ayn Rand covers the topic of sacrifice briefly, in which she mentions that most people do not fully understand the actual 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
Review: The Girl Who Owned A City by O.T. Nelson
Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog | October 1st 2009 by Anastasia
The Girl Who Owned A City by O.T. Nelson Publication: First Avenue Editions (February 1, 1995) (orig. pub 1975), Paperback, 204 pages / ISBN 0822596709 Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Children’s Rating: Find @ Amazon or IndieBound Challenges: It’ read more
Signs Of Backbone... Or Something
Fun With Gravity | September 30th 2009
I'm hesitant to read too much good into anything I read nowadays, unless it contains positive a mention of Objectivism and/or selfishness. Because that's the litmus test, my friend. Anything less, and I don't know who I'm dealing with. Nonetheless, I 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
Interview with Dr. Yaron Brook
Atlanta Politics Online | September 23rd 2009 by Atlanta Politics Online
Recently, I was pretty lucky in getting a few moments of Yaron Brook's time. As many of our readers know, Dr. Brook is the President and Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute. Dr. Brook was kind enough to answer our questions on objectivism, read more
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