 The Importance of Being
by Ross Elliot
The two million acres of New Zealand's McKenzie Country is a harsh yet glorious environment within which modern man has tested himself for 150 years... (Read more...)
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Perigo's Law
by Lindsay Perigo
Now, it's one thing for advocates of mystic, collectivist and other irrational ideas to fight among themselves--but what are we to make of the fact that avowed apostles of reason and individualism seem to be just as quarrelsome? (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 16, 2002 |
 The Fire Tower
by Alexandra Ceely
The Chrysler Building was a stunt, said its critics, and no more. It had no architectural significance. Yet William Van Alen's masterpiece was an homage to the industrial age... (Read more...)
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 The Ad Culture and Its Enemies
by Francois Tremblay
Do we consent to being marketed to on the internet? We obviously consent to having text and pictures displayed onscreen, but not to having our hard drive deleted.... (Read more...)
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The Purpose of the Rainbow
by Craig Ceely
The rainbow was there, pretty and pleasing in the early evening sky. The Golden Arches thrust themselves rudely into that same sky. And there was all the difference... (Read more...)
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Modern Capitalism Under Siege
by Francois Tremblay
The function of the CEO is part of the modern economy--to attack that function undercuts Western society itself. We should take such attacks seriously... (Read more...)
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 Partisanship vs. Objectivity in Ayn Rand Scholarship
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Imagine, for a moment, if we boycotted all those books written by people with whom we'd not "knowingly" associate, whether or not we have actually read the books or have met the people. What a victory for human knowledge! (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 23, 2002 |
 2003 Michael Newberry Calendar
by Barry Kayton
Michael Newberry 2003 calendars available! (Read more...)
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Longing for The Good Old Days
by Francois Tremblay
Who needs modern communications? By not reading the news every day, men have more time to chop wood and fill the holes in the roof with mud. (Read more...)
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 Antitrust Laws--A Joke?
by Joseph Rowlands
Antitrust laws should receive an award for Dumbest Idea Put into Practice by Politicians. If it weren't for the damage they do, they would be a hilarious example of government stupidity.... (Read more...)
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Exultation: The Romanticism of Opera
by Arthur Silber
Opera's business is exultation, and it is a successful business indeed. Arthur Silber tells us why... (Read more...)
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 The Ransberger Pivot
by Barry Kayton
There's only one disadvantage to The Ransberger Pivot: it doesn't come naturally... (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 30, 2002 |
 Come Back, Karl: All Is Forgiven
by Cameron Pritchard
What would Karl Marx think of his vegan, tree-hugging, anti-industrial progeny? Not much... (Read more...)
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Russian Dolls
by Kernon Gibes
Whether or not a woman should be legally barred from holding a job is not merely a matter of taste... (Read more...)
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Who are the 100 Greatest Britons?
by Marcus Bachler
Who is the greatest Briton of all? Cromwell? Churchill? Nelson? Robbie Williams? (Read more...)
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Six Months of SOLO HQ
by Jeff Landauer
SoloHQ.com went public on May 1, 2002. Six months later, we're still going strong. (Read more...)
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Bush Backs a SCHIP of Fools
by Anthony Teets
To enforce by laws the protection of arbitrarily designated entities as persons, we are voluntarily submitting the rights of those able to claim personhood, to the unborn... (Read more...)
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Smith, Marx, Nock: The Hyper-Focus on Economics
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
How have Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Albert J. Nock helped bring us where we are today? (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 6, 2002 |
US Election Results--and the Results
by Craig Ceely
Republicans will now be controlling both houses of Congress as well as the White House, and the dramatically favorable impact on American citizens will be...? (Read more...)
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 Cheese to go with that Whine?
by Elizabeth Kanabe
Discover that words have exact meanings---in your own life... (Read more...)
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The Amazon Princess and America
by Alexandra Ceely
When Wonder Woman was born, America was fighting World War Two. Why is she still popular today? (Read more...)
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That Expectant Hiss
by Peter Cresswell
People my age or older (down, Josephine) might remember the shiver of anticipation they once felt when putting the needle down on an eagerly awaited new record - the expectant hiss as the stylus cut through new, unplayed vinyl in that brief but magical moment before the first note is heard gave goosebumps in places that the more digitally convenient CDs don't even know exist. Once every two months my letterbox now offers me a similar thrill when a new copy of The Free Radical appears in in my letterbox... (Read more...)
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SOLO -- Where We Are and Where We're Going
by Joseph Rowlands
What is SOLO? Joe Rowlands tells you in this recent speech... (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 13, 2002 |
Reality: Our Objective, Benevolent Friend
by Glenn Lamont
How many times have you said "Life is unfair?" Glenn Lamont has a few words for you... (Read more...)
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Thursday
November 14, 2002 |
Objectivist Comstockery? Ms. Rand or Mrs. Grundy
by Anthony Teets
Can one be an Objectivist and a prude? Should one? (Read more...)
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