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New year, new opportunities

Anja — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:39:58 +0000

It is my pleasure to announce that I have joined Intellectual Takeout as vice president of research and education. IT, a Minnesota-based nonprofit, provides academic resources for libertarian and conservative-minded students and lay persons. College students’ political beliefs tend to move toward the left throughout their undergraduate education. Results from the 2008 College Senior Survey (PDF) administered [...]

Basic Principles of Objectivism course now available for download

Anja — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:53:23 +0000

The Culture of Reason Center is offering lectures 1-20 of Nathaniel Branden’s The Basic Principles of Objectivism Course for sale as individual MP3 downloads. These are the original lectures that Branden gave during the operation of the Nathaniel Branden Institute in the 60’s. Enjoy! Lecture 01: The Role of Philosophy Lecture 02: What is Reason? Lecture 03: Logic [...]

Joshua Hall on the “Dilemma of School Finance Reform”

Anja — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:58:52 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to interview the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship’s Fall 2009 guest speaker Joshua Hall about his views on school finance reform. Professor Hall explains why, despite an increase in spending on public education, we are not getting more out of it. Via CEE. CEE Interview: Joshua Hall – “The Dilemma of [...]

9 ways to cut down on meeting time

Anja — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:36:33 +0000

Meetings take up a lot of the typical manager’s time. “The average number of meetings more than doubled in the second half of the 20th Century and time spent in them just keeps growing” (Management-Issues.com, 2007). Not only that, meetings often waste resources, as employees could be using the time they spend in meetings toward [...]

Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Anja — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:01:00 +0000

Today, I celebrate my birthday. Well, not really. I should call it my re-birthday. You see, I grew up in East Berlin, and today twenty years have passed since the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I was 8 years old, living in Moscow on that day. Little did I know that it would not only change [...]

9 ways to deal with chronic pain

Anja — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:18 +0000

The American Chronic Pain Association reports that somewhere between 2 and 40 percent of adults suffer from chronic pain. According to a study by the National Institute of Health, “low back pain [is] the most common (27%), followed by severe headache or migraine pain (15%), neck pain (15%) and facial ache or pain (4%)” (American [...]

Capitalism and the poor

Anja — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:53:50 +0000

In her book Where We Stand: Class Matters, bell hooks claims to show how class intertwines with race and gender to exacerbate the economic and psychological plight of the poor. Yet, it’s riddled with worn-out clichés, myths, unsubstantiated claims, and downright falsehoods. Before I launch into my criticisms, I want to point out that I know [...]

CEE wins Templeton Freedom Award

Anja — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:51:20 +0000

The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, where I work, has received one of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards for Excellence in Promoting Liberty. The Templeton Freedom Awards are the largest international awards program for think tanks, and are decided and given by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. CEE won in the category [...]

Reason Foundation celebrates Ayn Rand

Anja — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:06:34 +0000

Reason Foundation will have a special series in November celebrating Ayn Rand.

John Mackey on reason.tv

Anja — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:49:25 +0000

John Mackey speaks with reason.tv about his proposal for healthcare reform, the history of Whole Foods, and dealing with government interference.