Although it’s quite difficult to identify what she stands for - her first book, the populist No Logo, rallied against the ubiquity of advertising, and her latest, The Shock Doctrine, maligns Milton Friedman and free-market economics by association (yes, oddly enough, by association) - assuming she has some, I’m fairly certain I loathe the ideals [...]
Today I had a really enjoyable afternoon soaking up some Houston sun and reading Ayn Rand’s Anthem. I actually finished it all in one sitting (can’t remember the last time I’ve done that). Compare that to the months upon months it took me to get through The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Woof…Now that I think [...]
Virginia Postrel, author of The Future and Its Enemies–one of my favorite pieces of political nonfiction–is featured in reason.tv’s latest video entitled Organ Transplants: Kidneys for Sale (I had a blog post with the same subtitle here).
‘What’d she do–donate her kidney?’
Why yes she did! In order to save an ally’s life. In order to [...]
Observe:
Fidel transfers power to his brother and, thereby, saves the Cuban people from the indignity of electoral choice. Congressman Serrano’s (D-NY) first instinct is to publicly congratulate the dictator.
Bruce Raynor, president of the union UNITE HERE!, urges legislators to vote for the Employee Free Choice Act (a misnomer of monumental proportions), and thereby, spare potential [...]
Wow. It took a little over two hours but I did it.
I read the John Galt speech, 50+ pages of Objectivist philosophy, found in part III, chapter VII of Atlas Shrugged. Pretty brutal. Although, I suppose compared to other philosophical treaties — like say, anything by Kant — it’s a breeze. Ugh, Kant. The mere [...]
I can’t say I’ve ever been a part of a really meaningful protest. You know, one that actually makes a difference.
That all changed a couple weeks ago at the “Save Lincoln Square” rally. Its value was confirmed when, last week, affected business owners received word that Alderman Schulter was backing down considerably — three-fourths of [...]
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