Editorial Update! Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 6/27/2004, 3:22am
Boys & girls - later this week I shall be leaving for The Objectivist Center's Summer Seminar in Vancouver. There I shall be presenting a revised version of my SOLOC 2 presentation, The Elixir of Youth, & participating in a panel discussion on libertarianism. Editor's duties during my absence will revert to Joe & Jeff....(Read more...)
By all means, let's all lie down and accept this fate. After all, we wouldn't want to be "uncompassionate" toward these "misunderstood, culturally diverse people". Some of you won't take this seriously, until it's you begging for your life, in front of a video camera. Of course, I'm probably just being ...(Read more...)
“The privately funded rocket plane SpaceShipOne flew to outer space and into history books on Monday as the world's first commercial manned space flight.” SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan and funded, among others, by Microsoft entrepreneur Paul Allen. On February 4, 2003, following the Columbia A...(Read more...)
Solo Club galleries Posted by Joseph Rowlands
on 6/19/2004, 2:58am
Hello everyone. I added a new function to the site the other day, which some of you may have noticed. The SOLO mini-clubs now have the ability to have local news, polls, and even articles. The main thing is the news for now. If you have some local news event, you can now select your mini-club as the category type. ...(Read more...)
"In short, the commission repudiates the policy of leaving space travel firmly in the hands of the state. And about time, too. For if human beings are truly meant to slip the surly bonds of Earth, as the poem "High Flight" says -- if we are destined to live on the moon, walk on Mars, explore the solar system -- we will...(Read more...)
The results for the latest elections to the Euroepan Parliament, which has representatives from all member-nations of the European Union, show stunning gains for parties opposed to further integration of the EU (usually unflatteringly referred to as "eurosceptics"). The most sensational result was here in the UK, where...(Read more...)
He says in part: Anthem. Many consider the loss of individuality (in favor of collectivism) to be one of “our” greatest concerns in the 21st Century. So it was when Ayn Rand wrote this short novel. For those who think she took a page from Orwell, check the date of its original publication. Rand outdoes Orwell in less t...(Read more...)
Editor's Update! Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 6/12/2004, 1:38am
Thanks for the steady stream of articles, boys & girls. (Actually, it's just boys at the moment - *where* are the girls??) Much appreciated! A few things: 1) Please make an effort not to stray *too* far from the guidelines. 800-1000 words, punchy, polemical. Exceptions should be just that - exceptions. L...(Read more...)
