  Seminal Centenary
by Lindsay Perigo
Next year is the centenary of Ayn Rand’s birth. The bumptious anti-intellectual with the short attention span had better watch out. At that time, I shall not only be "preoccupied" with Objectivism ... I shall be veritably obsessed with it! (Read more...)
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Lindsay Perigo
So why is the editor, your beloved Founder, screaming? (Read more...)
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A Time for Choosing
by Ronald Reagan
You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream - the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order - or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. (Read more...)
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SOLOC 3 Testimonials
by Various Authors
Reflections on SOLOC 3, Philadelphia. Pictures, agenda, and comments. (Read more...)
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The Ghost of Thomas Jefferson
by Ross Elliot
He turned back to face the statue of his namesake, his lifelong hero. Only an hour ago, in the Oval Office, he had felt an irresistible need to come here, to be in the presence of this towering bronze figure, to contemplate, perhaps to forestall, what was to come. (Read more...)
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Using Great Books To Advance Objectivism
by Luke Setzer
Many Objectivists will gain value from participating in Great Books discussions. More importantly, persons seeking to win the "War for Men's Minds" would serve that cause well by starting and running their own Great Books discussion groups. (Read more...)
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God's Goofballs
by Lindsay Perigo
Something I just saw on Larry King enabled me to retrieve some humour from a very black situation - a cluster of clerics from different religions assembled to answer the question, "Where was God on September 11?" The question itself, let alone the answers, sent me off into peals of laughter, & I could only regret that the estimable ecclesiastics had not chosen to appear in their fancy dress to complete the comedic appeal of this risible spectacle. (Read more...)
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Preamble to a Constitution for New Freeland (with apologies & due deference to Thomas Jefferson & the Founding Fathers)
by Lindsay Perigo
The history of government in the Dominion of New Zealand is that of a long chain of abuses and usurpations of the individual rights of the citizenry, culminating in an unprecedented level of such abuses by present government, national and local, which have reduced the status of our people to one of slavery. Ownership of each citizen's life has been wrested from the citizen where it belongs and vested in government where it does not. (Read more...)
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Atheists in a Foxhole
by Byron E. Garcia
“There are no atheists in a foxhole.” - Lieutenant General Lewis “Chesty” Puller, USMC
From the first day I was recruited into the military, I found another organization trying to recruit me: Christianity. No, not just any other religion, but Christianity in particular. I found this ironic since the First Amendment of the Constitution I swore to defend implies a separation of church and state. The last time I checked, the military was part of the state. (Read more...)
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A is A; Anarchism is the Arbitrary
by Lindsay Perigo
Anyone who seeks coercive power over others (for reasons which include living off those others' earnings) is truly comparable to excrement. Probably the greater number of politicians the world over are in this category. (Read more...)
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Atheist Internet Outreach Response
by Luke Setzer
Ayn Rand’s unique viewpoint manages to stir the awe and ire of both ends of the cultural spectrum in the United States. Leftists admire her staunch atheism but remain horrified with her advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. Rightists adore her support of free markets yet detest her atheism. Both sides miss a central... (Read more...)
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In the Hands of Strangers
by Matthew Graybosch
If you think that your life, liberty, and property are safe under the republican systems that are touted as "democracy", think again. Everything you value can be voted away by your friends, your neighbors, and total strangers. They'll do so with what they think are noble intentions, because they don't know that their actions are harming you. (Read more...)
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Using Meetup To Advance Objectivism
by Luke Setzer
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Flirting with Friedrich
by Lindsay Perigo
Back by popular demand (from Lindsay.) (Read more...)
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Thursday
February 26, 2004 |
A Free Market of, by and for Human Life
by Jonathan R
In a free country, who should have the moral-and hence legal-right to decide what an individual does with his own body: the state or the individual? Whose body-and hence whose life-is it? (Read more...)
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Wednesday
February 11, 2004 |
Explanations and Lies About North Korea
by Tibor R. Machan
The BBC World News reported recently on North Korea's devastating food shortage problem. Some 6 million human beings are at the brink of starvation there! (Read more...)
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Ellsworth Toohey - Time For A Regime Change
by Lindsay Perigo
In last week's article I noted that the most ardent practitioners of the ethic of self-sacrifice in our time are not Christians, but Muslims – to wit, the suicide bombers. (Read more...)
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The Rational Man’s Dilemma
by G. Stolyarov II
A key notion in Objectivist thought is the withholding of the sanction of the victim, the tacit compliance of a man with the violations of his own rights. It becomes evident that today's dismal political state, which will inevitably thrust itself into nearly every area of every man's private life, cannot be ignored or passively endured. Yet, with the assault occurring on so many fronts, how does one select one's battles in order to deal the enemy a critical blow, and what tactics are permissible in the undertaking of such endeavors? (Read more...)
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Critics of Objectivism: "I was Howard Roark!"
by Henry Emrich
Allowing our viewpoint to be incessantly slandered and mischaracterized does NOT demonstrate our rationality, or our commitment to Individual Freedom. (Read more...)
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Self-Reinforcing Ideas
by Joseph Rowlands
We're in a war of ideas. If we intend to change the sick elements of the culture, we have to attack the ideas that are behind them. And to do that, we need to understand why people hold on to bad ideas. (Read more...)
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False Dichotomies
by Joseph Rowlands
In studying the ideas of Objectivism, it's hard not to notice how often the term 'dichotomy' comes up. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
December 17, 2003 |
Why They Fear Us
by Henry Emrich
One of the most vexing problems that I have encountered in my experiences with Objectivism, is the fact that many people seem deathly afraid of our viewpoint – even people with whom we should have most in common. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
December 10, 2003 |
Coalition: the Problems, and the Promise
by Henry Emrich
During a recent search on the Internet for Objectivist (and Libertarian) sources, I realized something that is actually quite discouraging: there are vast numbers of sites dedicated to our basic values, but differing on peripheral ones. (Read more...)
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Conservatives and the Fallacy of Majority Rule
by Jerry Bordelon
There is a war being waged against individual freedom today on a very strong front. However I'm not going to talk about the attack by the liberals in this article. Today I will focus on the increasing attacks on the individual by the conservatives. (Read more...)
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Activism Made Easy
by Elizabeth Kanabe
Elizabeth's speech from the third SOLO Conference in Philadelphia. (Read more...)
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