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A 15-minute discussion of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, posted every other Monday. Peikoff reads a batch of philosophical questions emailed to him and methodically answers them.
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From Buckley to Reagan (1960 - 1988)
Fred Hutchison, RenewAmerica
Altruism
Atheism
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Old heads on young shoulders
The Economist
A report published on June 26th by Opinionpanel, a research outfit that specialises in polling students, documents a big shift in political allegiances on campus since 2004. In those days the Liberal Democrats were the students’ favourite; support for the Tories hovered between a fifth and a quarter, and a third supported Labour. Now fewer than a quarter support Labour, and the Conservatives have soared to 45%. [....] As well as changing today’s political landscape, this shift will have consequences in future years—albeit ones that are hard to predict. If these hard-headed youngsters shift rightward as they age, the nursing homes of the future could be filled with wild-eyed disciples of Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman.
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Jihad by the numbers
Edward Cline, Family Security Matters
The Fountainhead
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Virago Alameda announces play reading series
Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet (CA)
[The Virago Theatre Company] started their reading series in the summer of 2006 [...] with The Death of Ayn Rand by John Byrd and A Bed of My Own by Berkeley’s Robert Hamm, which were premiered in full stagings by Virago last summer.
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Bradford Cox re-releases expanded Atlas Sound album, covers Jay Reatard
Brock Thiessen, Exclaim!
Atlas Shrugged
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ABC encourages viewers to get Lost in books
Rick McGinnis, Metro (Toronto)
The Fountainhead
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Going out: Live music
Jennifer Van Evra, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Fountainhead
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High profile: Kristi Lea Harrington
Schuyler Kropf, Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
Atlas Shrugged
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Concern
Rev. Laura Spangler, Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
Atheism
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Civilised societies need subsidised arts - but the state shouldn’t do it
Simon Heffer, The Telegraph (London)
The Fountainhead
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Cry havoc
Dwayne A. Day, Space Review
Various people have read Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism and started applying his (flawed) definition of fascism to everything that they blog about. Like a college student who gets his first taste of Ayn Rand and then starts interpreting everything—his government, his professors, his girlfriend—from an objectivist viewpoint, they’ve taken an ideological interpretation to the extremes. But most college students tend to emerge from their Randian phase and learn to view the world from a more nuanced and less antagonistic perspective.
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Put on your XXL Sunday clothes
Ann Lewinson, Hartford Advocate (CT)
Movie reviews.Hancock may seem like an Incredibles rip-off (or a summer movie scripted by Ayn Rand), but when a PR man (Jason Bateman) gives Hancock an image makeover it turns out the movie is not about Objectivist heroics at all, but about playing well with others.
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An icon’s farewell work salutes another
James E. Person Jr., Washington Times
Review of Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater, by William F. Buckley Jr.[Buckley’s] prose catches fire when he describes Mr. Goldwater awaiting his moment on the convention floor: "Although the spirit of defiance was not fully aroused in Goldwater in the days leading to his nomination, the spirit was alive in his mind, and it was bursting for air. He was careful not to appear like a Randian superego, strutting his individualism by scaling local skyscrapers. In San Francisco Barry appeared, mostly, as a complaint organization man in Sunday dress, the tiger properly dormant."
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Democracy vs. capitalism
Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program (Air Americia)
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Yaron Brook
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Sinclair Stewart, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Capitalism
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Two readers elect to tackle same subject
Jenny Moore, Brazil Times (IN)
Letter to the editor.I suggest you read "Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand, philosopher. Though a work of fiction, it clearly demonstrates what can happen to a society when the determination that the minimum is good enough for all is made and forbids those with more personal drive to advance to their full potential.
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Libertarian’s issue: Personal privacy
Harry Esteve, The Oregonian (Portland)
Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead
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Government or anarchy?
George Dance, Nolan Chart
Libertarians have historically stood for a proper government. A proper government is one that recognizes and respects individual human rights. [....] That is the main line of libertarianism, both academically (e.g., Robert Nozick) and popularly (e.g., Herbert Spencer or Ayn Rand). However, other libertarians reject this conclusion.
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The books that changed your lives
Jason Fitzpatrick, Lifehacker
Anthem
Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead
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Saving the (real) world
Sean Ewing, Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
Video games as an art form is a relatively young field. But despite that youth, we've seen some very potent displays of social awareness. "Metal Gear Solid 4" explored the idea of a war economy, "Bioshock" tackled objectivism and "Call of Duty 4" looked seriously at military service.