Wednesday, April 03, 2013
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'Excellence in commercialization'? Alberta university 'mandate letters' are dumb, bu
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[Y]ou'd have to forgive a legitimate economics department for questioning the credentials of a "Calgary School" student who's been taught Ludwig von Mises was an economist or Ayn Rand was a philosopher!
Saturday, March 16, 2013
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Is the Manning Centre plotting 'Manchurian Municipal Candidates'?
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Atlas Shrugged |
[T]he really interesting stuff, it goes without saying, doesn't happen in sessions just anyone with a convention name tag and an unsigned copy of Atlas Shrugged can wander into.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
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Goodbye, Tom Flanagan: What took so long?
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Atlas Shrugged |
Flanagan published a book in 2000 titled First Nations? Second Thoughts, in which the rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada were disparaged and denied. It hit the scene in much the same way Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged must have, energizing a small but politically boisterous minority. Today the book enjoys a cult following, mostly among non-academics.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Right-to-Work: The (Ayn?) Rand Formula
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[F]or those just a wee bit uncomfortable with the challenges to social hierarchy that over the past few decades have been enshrined in legislation (like the Rand Formula), a return to an "I know my place" earnestness and other "please-sir-may-I-have-some-more" displays of gratitude from desperate workers must seem almost charmingly retro…in a "fetch me my pipe and slippers" kind of way.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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Ethics™: The newest political growth industry
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Atlas Shrugged |
Given the response of even some our staunchest media allies to this latest telemarketing glitch, I have no doubt that a number of you feel like curling up with your favourite copy of Atlas Shrugged, wondering how to restore our image as a beacon of accountability to Canadians weary of political shenanigans.
Monday, November 14, 2011
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Climate change, capitalism and the transformation of cultural values
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Ayn Rand Institute |
At the Heartland conference [...] everyone from the Ayn Rand Institute to the Heritage Foundation has a table hawking books and pamphlets.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
•U.S. view: Who supports Bush’s sinking ship?
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List of reasons why President Bush will always have a loyal core of supporters.
Greed [...]. The plutocracy of America believes that Bush will let them keep more of their stash [...]. (subgroups: magical thinkers, Randian objectivists).