High School Presenting The Fountainhead, the Musical
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008I’ve never heard of such a things as a musical version of The Fountainhead. Given the times, I’m going to assume that this is good news:Â that there’s no copyright infringement and that it’s a decent treatment. Exposing young minds to Ayn Rand has got to be worth it, and so I’m happy to hear that [...]
The End is Near: Daily Kos Posts Positive Ayn Rand Reference
Monday, October 27th, 2008Proof of the apocalypse: a poster at Daily Kos (!) has written positively about Ayn Rand (!) in support of Barack Obama (!). I suppose this unforeseen and unforeseeable occurrence qualifies as “good news,” of a sort, in that the random young or otherwise unformed mind might come across this reference and be steered in a better direction. [...]
George Reisman on Capitalism’s Bad Rep
Friday, October 24th, 2008I could have tried to write a treatise on how the current financial crisis is being positioned by our media and political machines as the last, great failure of laissez-faire capitalism. I don’t need to, however, because George Reisman, perhaps the foremost economist of our time, has already done it for me. I won’t bother [...]
Alan Greenspan is Not an Objectivist
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Say what you will about the man, but Alan Greenspan is not an Objectivist and hasn’t been since the ’60′s. His recent efforts to deflect blame from his interventionist activities as Fed Chairman offer ample proof. And so, people, please: don’t equate Greenspan and Ayn Rand simply because he was once her friend and wrote an article [...]
John Allison of BB&T Speaks Out
Monday, October 20th, 2008John Allison, CEO of BB&T, on the financial crisis: In his hour-long discussion, Allison traced the roots of the financial crisis to government efforts begun under the Clinton administration to promote affordable homeownership using the government-sponsored mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That contention has many detractors, who note the share of subprime loans [...]
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