A very thought provoking commentary at the Foundation for Economic Education’s website demonstrating a link between lying with violence. Being sick is never fun. But when I was struck by a virus a few weeks ago, I took the opportunity to watch one of the great pulp action movies of the 2000s: Sin City. The film… Read More Scene In “Sin City” Connects Lying With Violence
The Anti-Rand Institute hosted a Zoom call to commemorate Dr. Leonard Peikoff‘s birthday. As it turns out, Dr. Peikoff joined the call, expressed appreciation for the event and gave a very moving, short talk. Dr. Peikoff discussed his interactions with Ayn Rand and why he decided to become an Objectivist including revealing his latest project.… Read More Leonard Peikoff: “I’m voting for Trump!”
The Obleftivist vampires at the Ayn Rand Institute have soaked the life blood out of what was a very good organization and ruined Objectivism as a philosophy. While yours truly has moved on to bigger and better things, the split in the Objectivist movement as outlined by Susan Hanson is indicative of the culture at… Read More The Ayn Rand Institute is Dead
A very sobering report was issued by the Non-Governmental Organization Global Witness on Tuesday. According to The Rio Times, Brazil is in the top four countries where environmentalists are likely to be killed in which the Philippines holds the highest number of deaths. Colombia and Guatemala also made the list. It is sobering and, simultaneously,… Read More Brazil Among Top Four Deadliest Countries for Environmentalists
During 1972, Ayn Rand delivered a lecture at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum. In her lecture, she contrasts two major events from that summer’s news: the Apollo 11 moon landing and the Woodstock music festival. Using the symbolism and meaning of the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus, Ms. Rand outlines the fundamental conflict of our age:… Read More Apollo and Dionysus
Despite posting my condemnation of the Ayn Rand Institute a few years ago for their wretched tirades against President Donald Trump, and ARI’s de-facto alliance with the Left, it is necessary to condemn them once again. In light of recent events surrounding the activities of technology corporations (such as YouTube, Facebook, Google, and Paypal), a.k.a.… Read More The Moral Bankruptcy of the Ayn Rand Institute’s Defense of “Big Tech”
With Socialist ideas getting such wide coverage and with the events in London to disrupt commerce in the city, capitalism needs defending now more than ever. In this video, author and philosopher Dr. Andrew Bernstein makes a very good moral case for capitalism. The creator’s concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite’s concern is… Read More The Moral Basis of Capitalism
During 1940 or 1941, Ayn Rand wrote a hard-hitting open letter that was to be read by a conservative organization entitled To All Innocent Fifth Columinsts. In it she issued a warning to people about the scourge of collectivism that was consuming the United States in form of Fascism and Communism that would come later.… Read More “To All Innocent Fifth Columnists”
Tucker Carlson talks with former anarchist Conor Barnes about an essay he wrote about his experiences and what attracts young people to radicalized groups. There are many radical groups on the Left, especially in the environmentalist movement. Two examples are EarthFirst!, Direct Action Everywhere and deep Green Radicals. Note Conor Barnes’s pointing out there is… Read More A Former Anarchist Explains the ‘Rise Of Violence On the Left’
In the years following the publication of her novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand was sneered at because she had to gall to assert that collectivist enemies of reason and individualism (like environmentalists) worshiped death and hated human life. There have been many instances of environmentalists and philosophers who have supported her statement. The most recent… Read More Environmentalist Philosopher Hopes For Human Extinction
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