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Friday
July 3, 2009
Sense of Life
Society as an End and Society as a Means
by Manfred F. Schieder
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Which of both is the type of society corresponding to the rational, free, peaceful and productive individual? This article presents the analysis in favor of the correct foundation of coexistence.  (Read more...)
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Ayn Rand & Economic Collapse
Posted by Ted Keer on 7/02, 5:41pm
A WBUR Boston radio interview with Jennifer Burns, professor of history at University of Virginia, and author of the upcoming “Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.” Here is a direct link in case it the main one is altered.(Read more...)
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Know what the hell is going on and what you are doing - that should be a big goal for Objectivists in general anyway.
Kurt Eichert
Hope versus Reality

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(Added by Ted Keer on 7/02, 5:25pm)
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Obama scripts town-hall meeting on health care. What would Bush say?
Posted by Ed Thompson on 7/02, 10:11am
To see the danger, play the first minute of the video provided along with the linked article  ... (Read more...)
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Information Flow and Democracy
Posted by Stephen Boydstun on 7/01, 1:51pm
I add this note to News because it is about news media in a democracy. The Social Epistemology of Blogging Alvin I. Goldman In this paper, Professor Goldman focuses on a “factor important to democracy, a factor that is emphasized by so-called epistemic approaches to democracy. According to epistemic d...(Read more...)
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And any scum-sucking scoundrel who points out that "doing nothing" already includes spending billions on renewable energies and living under thousands of regulations is, as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman shrewdly noted, a traitor to humankind.
David Harsanyi
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/01/lets_do_something_--_anything_97252.html

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(Added by Mike Erickson on 7/01, 11:59am)
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President Obama Aligns with Marxist Dictators on Honduras
Posted by Ed Thompson on 6/30, 7:22pm
Caveat: I haven't personally verified this yet ...(Read more...)
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Tuesday
June 30, 2009
Commentary
On Passing Judgment: Politics versus Etiquette
by Ted Keer
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From Ayn Rand's break with the Brandens to the current fiasco over James Valliant's banning at Wikipedia, Objectivists have taken sides and demanded that sides be taken. Is this the best policy in all cases? (Read more...)
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Joke:

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The joke is on us.
The joke is on us.

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My...Hero?
Posted by Ted Keer on 6/30, 7:16am
Obama Pleads With Gays, Vows to Be 'Champion' President tells gay leaders at White House: "I will not only be your friend, I will continue to be an ally and a champion and a president who fights with you and for you." (Read more...)
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Videos:

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Obama supports a wannabe dictator, but not the rule of law
Obama supports a wannabe dictator, but not the rule of law

Krauthammer et al from Fox News commenting on Obama's foreign policy position of supporting leftist dictator wannabes. (See the video)

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White firefighters win Supreme Court appeal
Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 6/29, 2:13pm
"Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions." (Read more...)
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Book:
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The Promise of Liberty, A Non-Utopian Vision (Lexington Books, 2009)
The Promise of Liberty, A Non-Utopian Vision (Lexington Books, 2009) by Tibor R. Machan

This is my latest a work with the focus on the non-Utopian nature of the free society.

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Saturday
June 27, 2009
Commentary
Hope versus Reality
by Tibor R. Machan
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One main reason that bureaucracies are generally sluggish and unenthusiastic
about serving the public--as distinct from private vendors--is this
element of constant competition, combined with the fact that bureaucrats
gain their income from taxes which can often be raised with impunity by
those who hire them. (Read more...)

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General Forum
The War in Georgia
(51) Ted Keer - 7/02, 6:37pm - Russia Is Back on the Warpath The West must reaffirm its ...
(52) Steve Wolfer - 7/02, 7:17pm - That's a good article. The author says, "Russian jour...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (53) Ted Keer - 7/02, 7:39pm - Obama is what Obama is. The question is, where is the oppos...
(54) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/02, 8:09pm -  I'm almost expecting Putin to laugh in Obama's face, then o...
(55) Ted Keer - 7/02, 8:12pm - If so, Putin would be doing us a favor, Teresa.
(56) Jay Abbott - 7/02, 8:24pm - Obama's already shown weakness in international affairs. I'm...
(57) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/03, 4:51am - If so, Putin would be doing us a favor, Teresa. How s...
(58) Ted Keer - 7/03, 7:09am - If Putin were to embarrass Obama outright like that, it woul...
Is Taxation an Initiation of Force?
(85) Phil Osborn - 7/03, 1:27pm - Go for it Jordan... I believe that the national headq...
Invention Celebration, Part 1
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (2) Sam Erica - 7/03, 6:10am - Disappearing Car Door Why did it take a century to in...
(3) robert malcom - 7/03, 7:57am - Very interesting, Sam...
(4) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/03, 3:08pm - Not to be a "Debbie Downer" or anything, but nothing was men...
Article Discussions
Hope versus Reality
(14) Steve Wolfer - 7/02, 3:56pm - Jay, You said, "[I] hope I haven't irritated you on t...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (15) Kurt Eichert - 7/02, 5:03pm - Phil, I really can't say I agree with you and your argument ...
(16) Jay Abbott - 7/02, 8:36pm - Steve, We are in agreement that the greater the compl...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (17) Machan - 7/03, 10:48am - It is very possible that some government regulation will del...
(18) Phil Osborn - 7/03, 1:19pm - Kurt wrote: "Phil, I really can't say I agree with you and y...
On Passing Judgment: Politics versus Etiquette
(11) Ted Keer - 7/02, 2:57pm - Jordan, matters like love and religious vows per se are not ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (12) Jordan - 7/02, 3:23pm - Hi Ted, Ok. If they consented, then there was no frau...
(13) Ted Keer - 7/02, 5:21pm - Thanks, Jordan. I need to repeat that I am not taking...
News Discussions
Information Flow and Democracy
(5) Fred Bartlett - 7/03, 9:17am - Ted: Yes, I agree. I think the medium encourages it....
Quotes
And any scum-sucking scoundrel who points out that "doing no...
(3) Jim Henshaw - 7/03, 2:15am - Steve -- funny post. Sanctioned it. So, where on this list d...
(4) Steve Wolfer - 7/03, 3:11am - Jim, this is just my impression, given in the absence of any...
Know what the hell is going on and what you are doing - that...
(0) Ted Keer - 7/02, 5:27pm - In other words, "Most people--Objectivists--do not understan...
Dissent
Who is John Galt?
(25) Ted Keer - 7/02, 3:12pm - Well Tesla was a Serb, and I don't see what that has to do w...
(26) Peter Reidy - 7/02, 4:07pm - If no one is making these claims any more, then I feel flatt...
(27) Ted Keer - 7/02, 4:49pm - Come on, Peter. You said: "Tesla liked three-way divisions....
(28) Joe Maurone - 7/02, 7:09pm - Peter, lighten up. I know this is in the dissent forum, but ...
(29) Steve Wolfer - 7/02, 7:25pm - I'm with Peter. This is the kind of coincidental occurrence...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (30) Joe Maurone - 7/02, 7:27pm - Spoilsport. And Batboy IS real. Even got a musical. ...
(31) robert malcom - 7/03, 2:19am - Well, since the name was brought up, it is suggested that Op...
(32) Ted Keer - 7/03, 6:38am - A good case has been made that Francisco was Jewish.
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (33) Peter Reidy - 7/03, 9:04am - The numerology remark was in response to Maurone in #10.  Lo...
(34) Joe Maurone - 7/03, 10:11am - Oh, I thought Ted was joking about Frisco being Jewish!
(35) robert malcom - 7/03, 12:49pm - The Francisco being Jewish was a new one on me, but long kne...
(36) Peter Reidy - 7/03, 1:58pm - Add "may have some basis" to the list.  If this thread goes ...
(37) Phil Osborn - 7/03, 2:04pm - Andrew Galambos was a major fan of Tesla and reportedly hire...
(38) robert malcom - 7/03, 4:16pm - Yes, and when he died, the government people [FBI?] went thr...
Ayn Rand Sightings
Ayn Rand & Economic Collapse
(0) Ted Keer - 7/02, 7:27pm - Do check out Professor Jennifer Burns at the title link for ...
(1) Ted Keer - 7/02, 7:41pm - Here are her lectures available free from Berekely In...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (2) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/02, 7:52pm - Link to Jennifer Burns site here. Ted's link wasn't w...
(3) Jay Abbott - 7/02, 8:57pm - Enjoyable interview. Thanks! jt
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (4) Ted Keer - 7/02, 9:02pm - The thanks button is the little orange one to the right, Jay...
(5) robert malcom - 7/03, 2:30am - http://itunes.berkeley.edu/
(6) Jay Abbott - 7/03, 4:38pm - This one??? : )


Random Past Article:

Wednesday
June 20, 2007
Commentary
Why Not Regulate Religion and Speech?
by Tibor R. Machan
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When I was in college ages ago the truth in advertising and lending and such measures were high on the agenda of modern liberals. Oddly, they were the same people, usually, who declared themselves to be loyal champions of free speech, defenders of an absolutist stance on the First Amendment to the US Constitution. But not when it came to commercial speech. You know those people in commerceall chronic cheats and liars, of course. (The modern liberal’s hatred of commerce trumps their most cherished ideals!) (Read more...)
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