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Randex http://randex.org/ The latest news and commentary on Ayn Rand and Objectivism en admin@randex.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-14T18:28:08-05:00 http://feeds.feedburner.com/Randex?format=skinRandexhttp://feedburner.google.com ✖ •• NR will review the new biographies of Ayn Rand in due course http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/PPNlZk5riwU/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/nr_will_review_the_new_biographies_of_ayn_rand_in_due_course/ NR will review the new biographies of Ayn Rand in due course. We reviewed another Rand-related book once upon a… Medium, Atheism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Negative, Opinion (Subscription required.) NR will review the new biographies of Ayn Rand in due course. We reviewed another Rand-related book once upon a time ("Out of a lifetime of reading, I can recall no other book in which a tone of overriding arrogance was so implacably sustained. Its shrillness is without reprieve. Its dogmatism is without appeal"--Whittaker Chambers on Atlas Shrugged, Dec. 28, 1957). Rand's abilities as a storyteller are hardly controversial: She still sells hundreds of thousands of copies a year, 52 years later. The financial crisis and the Obama crisis have made her analysis of liberalism and the welfare state timely again. She admired the country she came to as a refugee from Communism. But the most glaring weakness of her thought glares still. A political movement one of whose premises is that theists are stupid and theism wicked is a nonstarter in the United States--and would have been with every one of its founders, including Jefferson and Thomas Paine. — National Review #

Categories: Atheism, Atlas Shrugged

]]> 2009-11-14T18:28:08-05:00 National Review http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=NjE0MDZhNzQxNGQ1MjBmMGQ2ZGEzZWI5YTE4M2VkY2E= •• Economic freedom and peace http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/qASjZ63BM7M/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/economic_freedom_and_peace/ Many contend that societies with more market-oriented economies will be more peaceful than politically-planned economies. Ayn Rand wrote, “Laissez-faire capitalism… Medium, Books, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Capitalism, Neutral Many contend that societies with more market-oriented economies will be more peaceful than politically-planned economies. Ayn Rand wrote, “Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships. By the nature of its basic principles and interests, it is the only system fundamentally opposed to war.” (Rand, Ayn. 1967 (1946). “The Roots of War” in Ayn Rand (ed.) Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. New York: Signet, page 33). Indeed, it appears clear empirically that market economies engage in fewer international conflicts [...]. Whether market economies exhibit more domestic peace and tranquility is perhaps less clear. — Joshua C. Hall and Robert A. Lawson, Atlantic Economic Journal #

Categories: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-14T16:24:06-05:00 Joshua C. Hall and Robert A. Lawson, Atlantic Economic Journal http://www.springerlink.com/content/25133h124h3w017h/ ✖ • Has our democracy become too big a burden to these tycoons? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/yMIa4bRfO4k/article.cfm http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/has_our_democracy_become_too_big_a_burden_to_these_tycoons/ For a minimum of $250 you can get [...] a ticket to a champagne lunch at which multi-millionaire Alan Gibbs… Brief, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion For a minimum of $250 you can get [...] a ticket to a champagne lunch at which multi-millionaire Alan Gibbs will outline what he would do if he was dictator for a year. [....] The fact that Gibbs will be joined in this exercise by Don Brash and Sir Roger Douglas suggests the manifesto which emerges will be more of the free market, small government, devil-take-the-hindmost stuff of which the Ayn Rand, libertarian right is so enamoured. — Paul Thomas, New Zealand Herald #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:52:15-05:00 Paul Thomas, New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10607735 ✖ •• All opinions are not equally relevant http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/abxIw_p-AoE/182 http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/all_opinions_are_not_equally_relevant/ Lately a great deal of attention has been newly attached to the philosophy of Ayn Rand who seemed to feel… Medium, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments Lately a great deal of attention has been newly attached to the philosophy of Ayn Rand who seemed to feel that the business community held a monopoly of brains and talent. In a review of a new book on Rand, Adam Kirsch writes: “Rand’s particular intellectual contribution, the thing that makes her so popular and so American, is the way she managed to mass market elitism - - to convince many people, especially young people, that they could be geniuses without being in any concrete way distinguished.” (NY Times Book Review, 11/1/09.) Indeed, that very concept is playing out among a confused, poorly-informed public. — Ann Davidow, BuzzFlash #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:46:33-05:00 Ann Davidow, BuzzFlash http://blog.buzzflash.com/davidow/182 ✔✖ •• Michelle Malkin’s journey from ideas to tribes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/pgLz6YJIu7k/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/michelle_malkins_journey_from_ideas_to_tribes/ As a student, [Malkin] had read Ayn Rand, memorizing John Galt’s interminable monologue from Atlas Shrugged. Libertarians believe government should… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Mixed, Opinion, Allows Comments As a student, [Malkin] had read Ayn Rand, memorizing John Galt’s interminable monologue from Atlas Shrugged. Libertarians believe government should “leave us alone,” she wrote. To that end, she attacked taxes, the war on drugs, affirmative action, the state liquor monopoly, overly zealous police, and environmentalists alike — any regulation she deemed unnecessary. — Ross Anderson, Crosscut.com (Seattle) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged

]]> 2009-11-12T01:40:47-05:00 Ross Anderson, Crosscut.com (Seattle) http://crosscut.com/2009/11/06/books-ideas/19351/ ✖ ••• Sanford’s essay on Ayn Rand reveals much about her—and him http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/6LzAlduH0U8/storylink_116_1103.aspx http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/sanfords_essay_on_ayn_rand_reveals_much_about_her_--_and_him/ [Rand’s] visionary architects and captains of industry have none of the idiosyncrasies of a real Frank Gehry or Bill Gates.… Substantial, Altruism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Egoism, Personal life, Negative, Opinion [Rand’s] visionary architects and captains of industry have none of the idiosyncrasies of a real Frank Gehry or Bill Gates. They are instead square-jawed stick figures, wandering through her novels from one long-winded polemic to the next. Businessmen, from Alan Greenspan to Ted Turner to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, have expressed admiration for her books, but it’s not because they’re really like her idealized characters. It’s because they’d like to be. — Tom Baxter, Southern Political Report #

Categories: Altruism, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Egoism, Personal life

]]> 2009-11-12T01:29:55-05:00 Tom Baxter, Southern Political Report http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_116_1103.aspx ✔✖ ••• Capitalism’s fundamental flaw http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/53XlWgZEaTA/innovation-ayn-rand-intelligent-technology-capitalism.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/capitalisms_fundamental_flaw/ Too many sacred tenets in Rand's philosophy stand violated. Integrity, justice, fairness, work-ethic, excellence--all have fallen prey to greed. Rand's… Substantial, Capitalism, Mixed, Opinion, Allows Comments Too many sacred tenets in Rand's philosophy stand violated. Integrity, justice, fairness, work-ethic, excellence--all have fallen prey to greed. Rand's flaw? She assumed integrity is implicit in the characters of the "leaders." It isn't. And hence again, most intelligent people are coming to the conclusion that the government must intervene to stop further shameless looting of taxpayer money. Free-market capitalism gets halted, regulation makes sense. — Sramana Mitra, Forbes #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:25:12-05:00 Sramana Mitra, Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/05/innovation-ayn-rand-intelligent-technology-capitalism.html •• The Atlas who would not shrug http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/XcdBOCOeE2U/The-Atlas-who-would-not-shrug http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/the_atlas_who_would_not_shrug/ In Greek mythology, Atlas was the Titan who was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders, supporting the weight… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments In Greek mythology, Atlas was the Titan who was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders, supporting the weight of the skies for all eternity. Ayn Rand thought this terribly unjust, and suggested that he didn't deserve the punishment, and he should shrug off the burden and end his suffering. — Saurabh Somani, Cricbuzz #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged

]]> 2009-11-12T01:23:48-05:00 Saurabh Somani, Cricbuzz http://cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/21336/The-Atlas-who-would-not-shrug ✖ •• Sound off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/2DEucfLSVUI/69350427.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/sound_off/ When the Oct. 30 Clifton Journal came, I checked Tom Sullivan's column first to see his latest claim that the… Medium, Capitalism, Negative, Letter to the editor, Allows Comments When the Oct. 30 Clifton Journal came, I checked Tom Sullivan's column first to see his latest claim that the bad economic situation was all the fault of Obama's nine months in office. When to my surprise it looked that Sullivan had an epiphany after watching a Frontline program on public television. He conceded the whole mess started before last Jan. 20. He skipped over G.W. Bush and went all the way back to Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin (Clinton's Treasury Secretary) and Alan Greenspan, federal reserve chief and Ayn Rand devotee. They let the housing bubble get bigger and bigger, as Sullivan reported. — The Journal (Clifton, NJ) #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:19:35-05:00 The Journal (Clifton, NJ) http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/69350427.html ✔ • People must strive for own success http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/DxQefM1U_a8/people-35810-distinguishing-strive.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/people_must_strive_for_own_success/ A healthy ethical egoism is probably very timely by now. Sadly it has to be noted that, despite the clarity… Brief, Egoism, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments A healthy ethical egoism is probably very timely by now. Sadly it has to be noted that, despite the clarity of both philosophers’ prose, the selfishness of philosophers David L. Norton and Ayn Rand is unlike the economic man type, which is not a moral thesis at all but an attempt to describe what motivates us all, all the time. The neo-Aristotelian selfishness, one that implores everyone to strive to be a happy individual, acknowledges that human beings are social — belong to families, communities, fraternities, etc. — and to strive for one’s own success in life must involve the social virtues as well as the personal ones: generosity and compassion, not only prudence and ambition. With such a morality at hand, the human race would be in far better shape than it is with all the scolding it receives for not being selfless enough. — Tibor Machan, Clovis News Journal (NM) #

Categories: Egoism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:10:49-05:00 Tibor Machan, Clovis News Journal (NM) http://www.cnjonline.com/opinion/people-35810-distinguishing-strive.html ✔ •• RSHS alumna looks to showcase talent of Richmond County http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/HA3TcOaN6hk/push http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/rshs_alumna_looks_to_showcase_talent_of_richmond_county/ “One of the first books every business major at Campbell [University] is assigned to read is Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged,’”… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments “One of the first books every business major at Campbell [University] is assigned to read is Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged,’” [Adthea] Collins said. “For some, it may be a little bit dry, not that it’s a bad story or anything but the philosophy of it can seem like it’s a little bit over your head. For a business major, it really explains a lot of things.” The book is one of the best selling pieces of American literature, and depicts a collision course between individualism and production and collectivism and bureaucracy. It launched Collins into her new understanding of the country’s economic plight, and she now believes the most essential foundation of this nation’s existence is property rights. She defines property rights as “the right to keep and enjoy the fruits of your labor.” — Philip D. Brown, Richmond County Daily Journal (NC) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-12T01:07:24-05:00 Philip D. Brown, Richmond County Daily Journal (NC) http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/pages/full_story/push?article-RSHS+alumna+looks+to+showcase+talent+of+Richmond+County%20&id=4323767-RSHS+alumna+looks+to+showcase+talent+of+Richmond+County&instance=home_news_lead • Indie film (untitled) a lesson in fun for right http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/EfQtEOxwo64/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/indie_film_untitled_a_lesson_in_fun_for_right/ "(Untitled)" isn't a conservative film in any narrowly doctrinaire sense of the word. It isn't a Randian broadside against "the… Brief, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments "(Untitled)" isn't a conservative film in any narrowly doctrinaire sense of the word. It isn't a Randian broadside against "the looters" trying to implement socialized medicine. It isn't a rousing war epic in the vein of "300" or "The Longest Day." It isn't a terrible parody film that takes cheap shots against easy targets such as Michael Moore. Instead, "(Untitled)" goes after postmodernism — specifically, postmodern art. — Sonny Bunch, Washington Times #

]]> 2009-11-12T01:04:56-05:00 Sonny Bunch, Washington Times http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/06/indie-film-untitled-a-lesson-in-fun-for-right/ • Would you give up your golden parachute? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/rh1u00OWDvU/would_you_give_up_your_golden.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/would_you_give_up_your_golden_parachute/ I don't think I'd have the stomach to turn down $20 million -- especially if I was legally entitled to… Brief, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments I don't think I'd have the stomach to turn down $20 million -- especially if I was legally entitled to it. But that's apparently what Nolan D. Archibald did. The long-time CEO of toolmaker Black & Decker declined the $20 million he is due as a result of a merger between his company and rival Stanley Works. [....] He is also entitled to keep his $35.5 million pension. And this doesn't include the value of his stock options. This is -- and I'm trying to be refined here -- a boatload of money, and more than enough to keep someone in bright and shiny new handtools for the rest of his or her life. Still, the $64,000 question remains: What was he thinking turning down millions legally owed to him? Hasn't this guy read Ayn Rand? — Eva Rodriguez, Washington Post - PostPartisan #

]]> 2009-11-12T01:00:22-05:00 Eva Rodriguez, Washington Post - PostPartisan http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/11/would_you_give_up_your_golden.html •• Book case http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/0ANtJ32YaRM/article182212.ece http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/book_case/ The classic image of the novelist is one in which we see her smiling with satisfaction as the last page… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Personal life, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments The classic image of the novelist is one in which we see her smiling with satisfaction as the last page is placed on the pile and the dedication is written - "To Frank O'Connor and Nathaniel Branden" - the husband and lover of Ayn Rand, to whom she dedicated her mammoth novel, Atlas Shrugged. — Tymon Smith, The Times (Johannesburg) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Personal life

]]> 2009-11-10T13:58:44-05:00 Tymon Smith, The Times (Johannesburg) http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/books/article182212.ece ✖ ••• Judging Ayn Rand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/5EBHXhbTrRc/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/judging_ayn_rand/ There has been a rebirth of interest lately in the eccentric but influential novelist, screenwriter and philosopher Ayn Rand. (Her… Substantial, Capitalism, Personal life, Negative, Opinion There has been a rebirth of interest lately in the eccentric but influential novelist, screenwriter and philosopher Ayn Rand. (Her first name rhymes with “mine.”) Rand’s best-known books are “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged,” which paid tribute to capitalism and principled but uncompromising business people. They stridently warned about the evils of intrusive government. No less a literary critic than South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has penned a two-page tribute to Rand in the “Books” section of the Nov. 2 issue of Newsweek. — Independent-Mail (Anderson, SC) #

Categories: Capitalism, Personal life

]]> 2009-11-10T13:55:37-05:00 Independent-Mail (Anderson, SC) http://independentmail.com/news/2009/nov/06/judging-ayn-rand/ ✔ ••• Reason Foundation co-founder Tibor Machan on Ayn Rand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/lUa9dfvZGpo/reasontv-tibor-machan-on-ayn-r http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/reason_foundation_co-founder_tibor_machan_on_ayn_rand/ "I think that for Ayn Rand to have survived and made a life for herself, she almost needed that edgy… Substantial, Atheism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Personal life, Positive, Opinion, Video, Allows Comments "I think that for Ayn Rand to have survived and made a life for herself, she almost needed that edgy personality, otherwise she would have been destroyed," says Machan, who was born in Hungary in 1939. At 14 years of age, his father smuggled Machan out of the country, fearing the Hungarian communist government. His background helps give Machan insight into how the intellectual mind of Ayn Rand functioned. "Her unpleasantness," he says, "ultimately can be fully justified given the treatment she was given when she came out the Soviet Union, told the truth about that country, and nobody paid attention." In 2000, Machan wrote Ayn Rand exploring all the major themes of Ayn Rand's philosophical thought. — David Nott, Reason #

Categories: Atheism, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Personal life, Video

]]> 2009-11-10T13:48:53-05:00 David Nott, Reason http://reason.com/archives/2009/11/05/reasontv-tibor-machan-on-ayn-r ✖ • Tort reform and other shibboleths of the wingnut GOP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/ha8D8BoJpMg/tort-reform-and-other-shibboleths-of-the http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/tort_reform_and_other_shibboleths_of_the_wingnut_gop/ After the crash of 2008, even the staunchest latter-day intellectual exponent of that [laissez faire] nonsense, Alan Greenspan, had to… Brief, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments After the crash of 2008, even the staunchest latter-day intellectual exponent of that [laissez faire] nonsense, Alan Greenspan, had to admit after the debacle of the Bush administration became manifest, that he and the John Galts of the world were wrong all along. — Richard Latimer, Cape Cod Today #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T13:46:22-05:00 Richard Latimer, Cape Cod Today http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/Latimer/2009/11/05/tort-reform-and-other-shibboleths-of-the ✔✖ ••• Chapman dedicating statue of Ayn Rand today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/n9TnyuolbbU/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/chapman_dedicating_statue_of_ayn_rand_today/ Chapman University in Orange will today dedicate a bust of the late novelist, philosopher and playwright Ayn Rand, whose controversial… Substantial, Ayn Rand Institute, Personal life, Mixed, Opinion, Image, Allows Comments Chapman University in Orange will today dedicate a bust of the late novelist, philosopher and playwright Ayn Rand, whose controversial belief system (known as Objectivism) about how a person should behave is still causing arguments 27 years after she died. — Gary Robbins, Orange County Register - College Life (CA) #

Categories: Ayn Rand Institute, Personal life, Image

]]> 2009-11-10T13:42:14-05:00 Gary Robbins, Orange County Register - College Life (CA) http://collegelife.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/05/chapman-dedicating-statue-of-ayn-rand-today/12315/ ✖ • Belief in the scientific method http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/azhx5TdMVvY/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/belief_in_the_scientific_method/ Belief in ‘facts’ is dangerous, potentially dramatically so. Einstein couldn’t ‘believe in’ quantum mechanics because he didn’t believe that the… Brief, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments Belief in ‘facts’ is dangerous, potentially dramatically so. Einstein couldn’t ‘believe in’ quantum mechanics because he didn’t believe that the underlying principle of physical order could be probabilistic, even as the experimental data piled higher and higher. Alan Greenspan believed in economic theories that had been come to by ‘echo chamber’ research and Randian philosophy unfounded in human behavioral studies; he liked them like I like ice cream. — James Keye, Dissident Voice #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T13:38:10-05:00 James Keye, Dissident Voice http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/belief-in-the-scientific-method/ • Into the Shadows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/UKWVx8y4Dj4/2734416.htm http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/into_the_shadows/ Into the Shadows is intelligently and well made, heartfelt and, alas, probably comes too late to an industry that seems… Brief, Neutral, Opinion Documentary film review. Into the Shadows is intelligently and well made, heartfelt and, alas, probably comes too late to an industry that seems addicted to regulation and control - from the commercial side right though to the overpoweringly dominant government funding bodies that seem to operate on mantras learned from Ayn Rand. — Jonathan Dawson, ABC (Australia) #

]]> 2009-11-10T13:32:46-05:00 Jonathan Dawson, ABC (Australia) http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2009/11/05/2734416.htm ✔ •• Constitution sets limits on census http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/Bafx2kuchoA/work-69562-number-survey.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/constitution_sets_limits_on_census/ HR 3131 [...] would make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary [....] This act epitomizes a quote attributed to… Medium, Positive, Letter to the editor, Allows Comments HR 3131 [...] would make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary [....] This act epitomizes a quote attributed to Ayn Rand: “There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” — Angelo M. Inglisa, Daily News (Jacksonville, NC) #

]]> 2009-11-10T13:25:11-05:00 Angelo M. Inglisa, Daily News (Jacksonville, NC) http://www.jdnews.com/opinion/work-69562-number-survey.html •• Edit this page http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/ve7NLbZ7jmk/morozov.php http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/edit_this_page/ In his first book, The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia, Andrew Lih leads… Medium, Egoism, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments In his first book, The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia, Andrew Lih leads readers through the site’s exciting history. [....] Lih [...] point[s] out that [founders Larry] Sanger and [Jimmy] Wales were heavily influenced by Ayn Rand’s Objectivism (shades of Alan Greenspan), according to which, reality exists independent of consciousness and life’s great purpose is the rational pursuit of self-interest. Wales’s fascination with Rand was so deep that he even named his daughter after a protagonist in one of Rand’s books. But Lih does not explain the steps from Objectivism to an encyclopedia that “could detail what is true in the world without judgments.” — Evgeny Morozov, Boston Review #

Categories: Egoism

]]> 2009-11-10T13:21:48-05:00 Evgeny Morozov, Boston Review http://bostonreview.net/BR34.6/morozov.php •• Ayn Rand CIT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/2N2APn2a5WA/ayn-rand-cit_b_346687.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/ayn_rand_cit/ “Well, the money’s all disappeared … but we did manage to save a copy of Ayn Rand for you.” Medium, Capitalism, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments Cartoon. “Well, the money’s all disappeared … but we did manage to save a copy of Ayn Rand for you.” — Jeff Danziger, Huffington Post #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T13:15:02-05:00 Jeff Danziger, Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-danziger/ayn-rand-cit_b_346687.html ✔✖ ••• U.VA. historian Jennifer Burns examines Ayn Rand’s life, philosophy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/ZBWKmyu3uPI/U.Va.+historian+Jennifer+Burns+examines+Ayn+Rand+s+life++philosophy+ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/u.va._historian_jennifer_burns_examines_ayn_rands_life_philosophy/ Jennifer Burns could not escape Ayn Rand. Burns, an assistant history professor at the University of Virginia, has just published… Substantial, Atheism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Egoism, Personal life, Mixed, News, Allows Comments Jennifer Burns could not escape Ayn Rand. Burns, an assistant history professor at the University of Virginia, has just published "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right," a peer-reviewed study of the controversial author/philosopher/atheist/libertarian. "So much of what was written about her was either pro or con and written by people who had known her," Burns said. "There was no academic book on this important topic." — News Leader (Staunton, VA) #

Categories: Atheism, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Egoism, Personal life

]]> 2009-11-10T13:07:11-05:00 News Leader (Staunton, VA) http://www.newsleader.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/91105001/1002/news01/U.Va.+historian+Jennifer+Burns+examines+Ayn+Rand+s+life++philosophy+ ✔✖ ••• Reason Foundation co-founder Manny Klausner on Ayn Rand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/wjeME-bmzCs/reasontv-reason-foundation-co http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/reason_foundation_co-founder_manny_klausner_on_ayn_rand/ "Rand is, I think, a very valuable resource in the movement for people who take liberty seriously," says Klausner. "When… Substantial, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Personal life, Mixed, Opinion, Video, Allows Comments "Rand is, I think, a very valuable resource in the movement for people who take liberty seriously," says Klausner. "When I was editor of Reason in the early 1970s, we got an article that was submitted that proposed a method for converting the world to libertarianism, and that was by going door-to-door and distributing to every household a copy of Atlas Shrugged. We rejected the article...but it was an example of the kind of impact Rand has had and continues to have on many many people." — David Nott, Reason #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Personal life, Video

]]> 2009-11-10T12:59:18-05:00 David Nott, Reason http://reason.com/archives/2009/11/04/reasontv-reason-foundation-co ✔ • Enemies of the 1st Amendment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/YhFlfBQHixg/index.php http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/enemies_of_the_1st_amendment/ [Some people] have bought into the belief that those who produce should somehow be in a position of thralldom to… Brief, Books, Anthem, Positive, Opinion [Some people] have bought into the belief that those who produce should somehow be in a position of thralldom to those who consume, whether it is a corner grocer or a conglomerate. This is a communistic view, of course, and is only one step away from a system in which the state evaluates aptitudes and assigns occupations, as well as redistributing resources, à la Ayn Rand's novella, "Anthem." — Erik Rush, WorldNetDaily #

Categories: Anthem

]]> 2009-11-10T12:53:57-05:00 Erik Rush, WorldNetDaily http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115008 ✔✖ ••• Ayn Rand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/n1KgbnhtVKU/143698 http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/ayn_rand13/ Anne C. Heller, discusses Ayn Rand, author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and… Substantial, Atheism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, The Virtue of Selfishness, We The Living, Capitalism, Egoism, Personal life, Mixed, Audio, Allows Comments Anne C. Heller, discusses Ayn Rand, author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights. Heller’s book Ayn Rand and the World She Made is a portrait of Ayn Rand’s life, from her childhood in Russia to her years as a Hollywood screenwriter to the publication of her bestselling novels, and a look into the legacy she’s left. — The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC #

Categories: Atheism, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, The Virtue of Selfishness, We The Living, Capitalism, Egoism, Personal life, Audio

]]> 2009-11-10T12:45:31-05:00 The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/11/05/segments/143698 ✖ •• Goldman one-ups Gordon Gekko, says Jesus embraced greed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/RldnE2vxxEY/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/goldman_one-ups_gordon_gekko_says_jesus_embraced_greed/ People like Alan Greenspan and Megan McArdle and all those other idiotic Ayn Rand devotees, big and small, [...] continually… Medium, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments People like Alan Greenspan and Megan McArdle and all those other idiotic Ayn Rand devotees, big and small, [...] continually go out there in public and flog pseudo-religious beliefs about the self-correcting free-market as a cure-all for anything and everything, even as evidence to the contrary rains down from the sky like volcanic ash. — Matt Taibbi, True/Slant #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T12:39:59-05:00 Matt Taibbi, True/Slant http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/11/04/goldman-one-ups-gordon-gekko-says-jesus-embraced-greed/ • Spadina: Toronto’s evolving spine http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/U1HwgKJOFO8/76133 http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/spadina_torontos_evolving_spine/ The Morgan on the northwest corner [of Spadina] at Richmond [has a] massive penthouse that looks like the lair of… Brief, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments The Morgan on the northwest corner [of Spadina] at Richmond [has a] massive penthouse that looks like the lair of an art deco villain from an Ayn Rand novel. — Shawn Micallef, Eye Weekly (Toronto) #

]]> 2009-11-10T12:33:38-05:00 Shawn Micallef, Eye Weekly (Toronto) http://www.eyeweekly.com/blog/psychogeography/article/76133 ✖ •• “The Prisoner”: What happens when James Bond goes John Galt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/DB4pzW6AHMg/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/the_prisoner_what_happens_when_james_bond_goes_john_galt/ Unlike the older generation, today’s rebel dropouts are not inspired by the spiritual restlessness of Hesse’s Siddhartha or Maugham’s The… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments Unlike the older generation, today’s rebel dropouts are not inspired by the spiritual restlessness of Hesse’s Siddhartha or Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge. Their motives are economic and punitively moralistic, and their model is John Galt, the libertarian hero of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Seething with resentment that the fruits of their honest labor are used — via the tyranny of taxation — to subsidize their less deserving fellow citizens, they fantasize about dropping out of the system, or in their patois “going Galt.” — Richard Faulk, The Faster Times #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:52:43-05:00 Richard Faulk, The Faster Times http://thefastertimes.com/timetravel/2009/11/04/%E2%80%9Cthe-prisoner%E2%80%9D-what-happens-when-james-bond-goes-john-galt/ ✖ •• Our planet, our selves http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/erms46DvYb0/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/our_planet_our_selves/ [Thom Hartmann] alleges that acolytes of neoliberalism have staged a successful “coup” over the will of the American people, and… Medium, Capitalism, Egoism, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments Reviews of the books The End of Food by Paul Roberts and Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture, by Thom Hartmann. [Thom Hartmann] alleges that acolytes of neoliberalism have staged a successful “coup” over the will of the American people, and it’s one that most Americans “don’t even know happened.” Hartman is very good at locating the contemporary philosophical source of this coup in its free market mythology. The resurgence of this myth comes from the shared popularity between fiction readers and economic elites with the radically libertarian and objectivist ideas of Ayn Rand, who advocated the “virtues of selfishness” and with whom Alan Greenspan was a close friend. — Justin Rogers-Cooper, GC Advocate (CUNY) #

Categories: Capitalism, Egoism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:47:31-05:00 Justin Rogers-Cooper, GC Advocate (CUNY) http://www.gcadvocate.com/2009/10/our-planet-our-selves1009/ ✔ • It’s a great day to be a Republican in Virginia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/SVeuVkkU3NY/x-17301-Newport-News-Republican-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Its-a-great-day-to-be-a-Republican-in-Virginia http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/its_a_great_day_to_be_a_republican_in_virginia/ The John Galt’s of Virginia are casting their ballets today. They are speaking out against the takeover of the American… Brief, Ayn Rand Archives, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments The John Galt’s of Virginia are casting their ballets today. They are speaking out against the takeover of the American government by those who would take the country in a different direction. — Christopher Bracey, The Examiner #

Categories: Ayn Rand Archives

]]> 2009-11-10T02:44:03-05:00 Christopher Bracey, The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-17301-Newport-News-Republican-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Its-a-great-day-to-be-a-Republican-in-Virginia ✔ •• Thinning the herd http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/XT-HrVP0RyE/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/thinning_the_herd/ Quote for the Day -- "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." – Ayn Rand. Medium, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments Quote for the Day -- "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." – Ayn Rand. — Bret Burquest, The News (Salem, AR) #

]]> 2009-11-10T02:42:39-05:00 Bret Burquest, The News (Salem, AR) http://www.areawidenews.com/blogs/1215/entry/31154/ • Here and eternity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/TdYW3FAjgsY/article.cfm http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/here_and_eternity/ Which comes first: Material factors, like the price of wheat on the commodities exchange, or highfalutin concepts, like a free-market… Brief, Capitalism, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments Which comes first: Material factors, like the price of wheat on the commodities exchange, or highfalutin concepts, like a free-market ideology, which gives principles for how wheat should be sold and the proper role of government? Both? Neither? Even Ayn Rand couldn't say for sure. — John Stoehr, New Haven Advocate (CT) #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:38:44-05:00 John Stoehr, New Haven Advocate (CT) http://newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15336 ✖ • If it’s broke, don’t fix it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/LTqVmGNrwfA/if-its-broke-dont-fix-it_b_345443.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/if_its_broke_dont_fix_it/ The only thing standing between the Republicans and their fully formed Ayn Randian wet dream of a society is The… Brief, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments The only thing standing between the Republicans and their fully formed Ayn Randian wet dream of a society is The People. Ah. Those pesky People. — Steven Weber, Huffington Post #

]]> 2009-11-10T02:36:51-05:00 Steven Weber, Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-weber/if-its-broke-dont-fix-it_b_345443.html • Some post-Halloween thoughts on Dracula, other vampires, and Walt Whitman http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/Fzxwx7i7Mj4/book.php http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/some_post-halloween_thoughts_on_dracula_other_vampires_and_walt_whitman/ The likeably unpretentious Blood of Dracula, directed by my late father-in-law Herbert L. Strock and shown twice this past week… Brief, Neutral, Opinion The likeably unpretentious Blood of Dracula, directed by my late father-in-law Herbert L. Strock and shown twice this past week as part of AMC’s Halloween Fear Fest [....] features a Bill Haley-era number called “Puppy Love” and an evil science teacher who looks like Ayn Rand and uses a Transylvanian amulet to hypnotize a perfectly nice if somewhat temperamental girl into feasting on her fellow students. — Stuart Mitchner, Town Topics (Princeton, NJ) #

]]> 2009-11-10T02:30:48-05:00 Stuart Mitchner, Town Topics (Princeton, NJ) http://www.towntopics.com/nov0409/book.php ✔ • Libertarian freedom activist forcibly hospitalized and drugged http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/7GfpoTyTAow/x-26370-Libertarian-News-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Libertarian-freedom-activist-forcibly-hospitalized-and-drugged http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/libertarian_freedom_activist_forcibly_hospitalized_and_drugged/ Veteran libertarian civil rights activist Julian Heicklen calls it "an out-and-out kidnapping" when Homeland Security Police forcibly transported him to… Brief, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments Veteran libertarian civil rights activist Julian Heicklen calls it "an out-and-out kidnapping" when Homeland Security Police forcibly transported him to a hospital where he was injected with Thorazine against his will. [....] Ever upbeat, Heicklen reports his release this way: "I signed all documents 'John Galt.' I was released at 11:55 AM and voted for Ken Kaplan for Governor of New Jersey on my way home. Ken Kaplan, of course, was the Libertarian Party candidate. — Garry Reed, The Examiner #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged

]]> 2009-11-10T02:28:29-05:00 Garry Reed, The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-26370-Libertarian-News-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Libertarian-freedom-activist-forcibly-hospitalized-and-drugged ✔✖ ••• ‘January 16th’ is corny, yet entertaining, courtroom circus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/D0wbhSFWW_Q/NEWS71 http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/january_16th_is_corny_yet_entertaining_courtroom_circus/ Ayn Rand's courtroom drama "Night of January 16th," which hails from the 1930s, is like an old movie that manages… Substantial, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Night of January 16th, The Fountainhead, Mixed, Opinion, Allows Comments Ayn Rand's courtroom drama "Night of January 16th," which hails from the 1930s, is like an old movie that manages to be fantastically entertaining despite being totally corny. — John Staton, Star-News (Wilmington, NC) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Night of January 16th, The Fountainhead

]]> 2009-11-10T02:25:19-05:00 John Staton, Star-News (Wilmington, NC) http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091104/ARTICLES/911044003/-1/NEWS71?Title=Theater-review-January-16th-is-corny-yet-entertaining-courtroom-circus • We prefer gruff over guff http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/6579qCOSxOI/speaking-plainly-we-prefer-gruff-over-guff-20091104-hy2y.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/we_prefer_gruff_over_guff/ In a new research survey, a group of people from diverse backgrounds were recently asked what they thought of corporate… Brief, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Neutral, Opinion In a new research survey, a group of people from diverse backgrounds were recently asked what they thought of corporate culture and language. The results were unequivocal. An overwhelming majority suggested corporate language be removed, with its jargon, cliches and ''newspeak'', and replaced with more forceful, direct and plainer language. A common theme was the need to engage employees more compellingly. Three-quarters said corporate culture was ''fake''. [....] Countless assaults on corporate culture by authors and filmmakers in popular and serious culture for many decades reinforce the survey findings. From Shepherd Mead's tutorial, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [...] to the excruciating humour of Ricky Gervais in The Office and the ferocious politicking of Disclosure. Then there is Atlas Shrugged, Executive Suite, The Corporation, Mon Oncle, Desk Set, or corporate types in sitcoms such as The Drew Carey Show or Seinfeld. — Andrew Boughton and Julia Bowen, The Age (Melbourne) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:17:44-05:00 Andrew Boughton and Julia Bowen, The Age (Melbourne) http://www.theage.com.au/business/speaking-plainly-we-prefer-gruff-over-guff-20091104-hy2y.html • What Galleon teaches us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/ioWoAEVbu2k/what-galleon-teaches-us.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/what_galleon_teaches_us/ In a recent PBS "Frontline" episode on Alan Greenspan, the program made the allegation that the former Federal Reserve chief… Brief, Capitalism, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments In a recent PBS "Frontline" episode on Alan Greenspan, the program made the allegation that the former Federal Reserve chief and acolyte of free marketer Ayn Rand had once joked with former head of the CFTC, Brooksley Born, that the two of them would never get along because she believed in prosecuting capital markets crimes and he didn't. — Eric Jackson, TheStreet.com #

Categories: Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:14:12-05:00 Eric Jackson, TheStreet.com http://www.thestreet.com/story/10621332/1/what-galleon-teaches-us.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN ✔ •• The sociopathic epidemic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/2aQQWS-bKu0/the_sociopathic_epidemic.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/the_sociopathic_epidemic/ I'm amazed by the soothsayers: Ayn Rand, for instance, who warned us fifty years ago of the risk of dictatorship… Medium, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments I'm amazed by the soothsayers: Ayn Rand, for instance, who warned us fifty years ago of the risk of dictatorship or civil war if collectivism persisted. — Robin of Berkeley, American Thinker #

]]> 2009-11-10T02:13:40-05:00 Robin of Berkeley, American Thinker http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_sociopathic_epidemic.html ✔✖ ••• Where Ayn Rand went wrong http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/vZpNiT3XKKo/where-ayn-rand-went-wrong-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/where_ayn_rand_went_wrong/ By grounding capitalism and economic liberties in the psychic needs of individuals as opposed to, say, GDP growth, Rand avoided… Substantial, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Egoism, Mixed, Opinion, Allows Comments By grounding capitalism and economic liberties in the psychic needs of individuals as opposed to, say, GDP growth, Rand avoided the collectivist trap under which individual rights are dependent for their legitimacy on serving some broader social purpose. However, this great virtue of her approach turns into a great vice in the context of her broader message, which seems to regard anything beyond a perfunctory interest in the well-being of others as vaguely illicit. — Shikha Dalmia, Forbes #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Egoism

]]> 2009-11-10T02:07:47-05:00 Shikha Dalmia, Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/03/where-ayn-rand-went-wrong-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html ✖ ••• Ayn Rand: Conservative heroine? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/TSeQ_Y3VFmw/2225-ayn-rand-conservative-heroine http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/ayn_rand_conservative_heroine/ No matter how relevant or inspiring some of her prose might be, Ayn Rand was more profiteer than prophet, and… Substantial, Atheism, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Leonard Peikoff, Personal life, Negative, Opinion, Allows Comments No matter how relevant or inspiring some of her prose might be, Ayn Rand was more profiteer than prophet, and those Americans of faith, of any faith, must be wary of supplanting that which is sacred with that which at its core is shamelessly profane. Rand created worlds and situations that suited her narrow, selfish concerns and reflected her objectivist worldview. To wit, Rand’s close friend and the heir to her estate, Dr. Leonard Peikoff, proudly proclaimed that of all the players invented by Ayn Rand, Rand most closely identified herself with a character in her first novel, We the Living, whom he described as an “egoist, an individualist, a man of arrogant self-esteem who lives for his values.” These values may be Ayn Rand’s, but they undeniably do not represent the core values of conservatives and patriots. For these dedicated men and women recognize that this nation is a nation built upon a solid irrefutable foundation of faith. — Joe Wolverton, II, The New American #

Categories: Atheism, Atlas Shrugged, Leonard Peikoff, Personal life

]]> 2009-11-10T02:02:52-05:00 Joe Wolverton, II, The New American http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/reviews/books/2225-ayn-rand-conservative-heroine ✔ •• What child killers deserve http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/cEwQzP7CVgU/Satellite http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/what_child_killers_deserve/ Politically, opposition to capital punishment is not necessarily a liberal versus conservative issue. Philosopher Ayn Rand argued that capital punishment… Medium, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments Politically, opposition to capital punishment is not necessarily a liberal versus conservative issue. Philosopher Ayn Rand argued that capital punishment was perfectly moral, but she opposed implementation of the penalty out of concern that in rare instances innocent people could be put to death. "Better to sentence nine actual murderers to life imprisonment, rather than execute one innocent man," she famously wrote. — Jerusalem Post #

]]> 2009-11-10T01:58:34-05:00 Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256799083480&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull •• What it means to be human http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/WBAOcuy35H4/5194144.cms http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/what_it_means_to_be_human/ Imagine if those who feel whatever they have is so rightfully theirs that there is no need to be grateful… Medium, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Neutral, Opinion, Allows Comments Imagine if those who feel whatever they have is so rightfully theirs that there is no need to be grateful were to be forced to grow all the food, produce all the energy, and the goods that they consumed or used in the course of a normal day all by themselves. [....] Think of the sheer back-break of the labour involved the next time you wolf down that vegan sushi or Mediterranean salad while using your smart phone. Such a debate has become particularly relevant in the Obama era, in the half century following the publication of Atlas Shrugged (the fictionalised manifesto of rugged individualism Ayn Rand wrote in 1957). Ironically, the oxymoronic ’mass market elitism’ sparked by Rand’s magnum opus may be similar to the feelings of fervour produced by the installation of the new, ‘Yes, We can’ presidency in Washington. In a world where mere intent is deemed good enough to win a Nobel Prize for Peace, ordinary souls reading Rand cannot be blamed if they regarded themselves as transformed or misunderstood geniuses. That’s the point Anne Heller makes in her timely biography: Ayn Rand and the World She Made. That may also ‘explain’ the perennial appeal of the Vedantic line which says every average Joe is That, the Brahman. — Vithal C Nadkarni, Economic Times (India) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism

]]> 2009-11-10T01:53:01-05:00 Vithal C Nadkarni, Economic Times (India) http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Cosmic-Uplink/What-it-means-to-be-human/articleshow/5194144.cms ✖ • BioShock 2: Balancing Big Daddy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/rKfnowStFQQ/ http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/bioshock_2_balancing_big_daddy/ McClendon: [....] We have playable locations like Ryan Amusements, which is this "objectivist propaganda theme park," complete with a big… Brief, Negative, Allows Comments McClendon: [....] We have playable locations like Ryan Amusements, which is this "objectivist propaganda theme park," complete with a big ride and animatronics that are meant to scare children from ever wanting to go to the surface. — GamePro.com #

]]> 2009-11-10T01:48:17-05:00 GamePro.com http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/212826/bioshock-2-balancing-big-daddy/ • Atlas Shrugged because of voter apathy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/8-juaa6Yupg/Atlas.Shrugged.Because.Of.Voter.Apathy-3820038.shtml http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/atlas_shrugged_because_of_voter_apathy/ Brief, Books, Atlas Shrugged, Neutral, Letter to the editor, Allows Comments Reference in headline only. — Lee Vogler, Commonwealth Times (VA Commonwealth U) #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged

]]> 2009-11-10T01:44:16-05:00 Lee Vogler, Commonwealth Times (VA Commonwealth U) http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2009/11/02/Opinion/Atlas.Shrugged.Because.Of.Voter.Apathy-3820038.shtml ✔✖ ••• The real Ayn Rand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/G5PFGboaVx4/the-real-ayn-rand.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/the_real_ayn_rand/ [Q:] How did you become interested in Rand? [A:] Until about 10 years ago, I had never read a word… Substantial, Books, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Capitalism, Leonard Peikoff, Personal life, Mixed, Opinion, Image Interview with Anne C. Heller, author of Ayn Rand and the World She Made. [Q:] How did you become interested in Rand? [A:] Until about 10 years ago, I had never read a word of her. Then I met Suze Orman while I was developing a personal finance magazine. Suze e-mailed me a copy of the famous speech from Atlas Shrugged in which Francisco d'Anconia defends making money as a moral act. The speech begins: "You think money is the root of all evil?" I intended to read only the first line, but I found myself reading the whole thing. I admired the pace and snap of the language. The argument was powerful. It represented things I didn't believe in but had no definitive argument against. And I loved parts of it, like where she says money will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires. That struck me as wise and pertinent. — Leigh Buchanan, Inc. #

Categories: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Capitalism, Leonard Peikoff, Personal life, Image

]]> 2009-11-06T12:45:47-05:00 Leigh Buchanan, Inc. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091101/the-real-ayn-rand.html ✔ • Vote—for your own good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/2jVRceUairo/Editorial-Vote---for-your-own-good.html http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/vote_--_for_your_own_good/ Ayn Rand said, "The smallest minority on earth is the individual." And casting a ballot can help that tiny "minority"… Brief, Positive, Opinion, Allows Comments Ayn Rand said, "The smallest minority on earth is the individual." And casting a ballot can help that tiny "minority" feel a little less disenfranchised and a lot more a part of the culture and the country. — Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) #

]]> 2009-11-06T12:43:10-05:00 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705341600/Editorial-Vote---for-your-own-good.html ✔ •• Control freaks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Randex/~3/KRP31GeaJxY/metcalf297.htm http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/comments/control_freaks/ "…When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice -- you may know that your society is doomed."… Medium, Positive, Opinion "…When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice -- you may know that your society is doomed." -- Ayn Rand — Geoff Metcalf, NewsWithViews.com #

]]> 2009-11-06T12:41:01-05:00 Geoff Metcalf, NewsWithViews.com http://www.newswithviews.com/metcalf/metcalf297.htm