Nice Little Video on Atlas Shrugged and the Tea Party Revolts
Monday, April 6th, 2009Newspaper Calls Obama’s Economic Plan What It Is: Fascism
Sunday, April 5th, 2009This is a remarkable editorial for its clarity: First the banks, now the automakers: Skipping right to the end: It appears the president and his men have entirely lost track of — if they ever really grasped — the fact that in America, major industries are not run by the government, and for good reason. [...]
Ayn Rand’s Legacy: Rational Thought vs. Immature Nihilism
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009This is a truly remarkable debate. Read Dr. Ghates’ cogent, reasonable argument, and the read the argument by Ms. Patterson. If you don’t see the fundamental difference in thought processes, then I don’t know what to say: The Economy Needs Ayn Rand. Also read the comments. So far, they’re overwhelmingly in support of Ayn Rand, [...]
Atlas Shrugged #1 Amazon Seller in Literature and Fiction
Sunday, March 15th, 2009This is great news, although one could certainly wish for different circumstances: Atlas Shrugged is (as of right now) the #1 bestseller in Amazon’s “Literature and Fiction” category. No matter how you spin it, this is great news. To keep updated on it’s status: Amazon’s most popular Literature and Fiction.
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Ayn Rand
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009I forgot to mention in my previous post: yesterday was Ayn Rand’s birthday. If only she were alive today to help us make sense of things. She had an uncanny, and I would say unparalleled, ability to see straight into the heart of a matter and say what’s right or wrong about it. We need [...]
A Short Tribute to Ayn Rand
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Michael Berliner has a nice, short piece about Ayn Rand on capmag.com: Ayn Rand: A Legacy of Reason and Freedom. He summarizes her quite nicely here: A sui generis philosopher, who looked at the world anew, Ayn Rand has long puzzled the intellectual establishment. Academia has usually met her views with antagonism or avoidance, unable [...]
Sign of the End Times: Keynes on the Comback Trail?
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009I’ve been hearing more and more about Keynesian economics lately. This bit from the Christian Science Monitor is the most specific I’ve found so far: Raising Keynes: An old economist finds new rock-star status: <!– s.pageName=”rebuilding the economy:article page”; s.prop1=”"; s.prop2=”"; s.prop3=”raising keynes: an old economist finds new rock-star status”; s.prop4=”http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/13/raising-keynes-an-old-economist-finds-new-rock-star-status/”; s.prop5=”article”; s.prop6=”rebuilding the economy”; [...]
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