Atlas Shrugged revival
(The first part of this post is cross-posted from another blog of mine). As well as re-reading Atlas Shrugged for the next session of my Reading Group, I’ve also assigned The Fountainhead to a returnee...
View ArticleLearning from history
Image via Wikipedia Does history repeat itself? Can we learn anything from ancient civilizations, especially the ones that declined and fell? Nah! Thanks to scribd, I’m reading Ayn Rand-contemporary,...
View ArticleWhy I don’t read newspapers
Image via Wikipedia More specifically, I don’t read opinion pieces. Here’s an example of why I don’t. In the Dec. 24th edition of the Financial Times, Harry Eyres wrote in a piece called Human beings...
View ArticleWhy I no longer read John Derbyshire
Image via Wikipedia Update: Derbyshire’s homepage at Taki magazine includes links to some of my favourite libertarians/Austrian economists, such as Tom Woods, Karen de Coste, Peter Schiff, Justin...
View ArticleEconomics books that help you tell the future
Image via Wikipedia Historian and Austrian economist Gary North writes that many people are confused by the media’s pronouncements on gold, inflation and deflation: Self-Inflicted Confusion and...
View ArticleKey ideas – a list in progress
Camouflaged ! Originally uploaded by Kamala L See the picture? Can you help her pick out the handful of items that she really needs to keep? What are the key ideas in the field you are teaching? If you...
View ArticleYoko Ono on Japan’s Devastation, Dating and Discovering John Lennon’s Genius...
Yoko Ono on Japan’s Devastation, Dating and Discovering John Lennon’s Genius – Spinner Canada. “The clamor of indignation that rose against Howard Roark and his temple astonished everyone, except...
View ArticleA White Nationalist Review of “Atlas Shrugged, Part I” | The Libertarian...
Let’s change the subject from “nuclear crisis”, “Fukushima” and “tsunami disaster” for a second. Ever since I heard that (finally) a movie had been made of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”, I’ve been...
View ArticleReview of The Atlas Shrugged Film | The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG
Another excellent review of the movie of Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged”. If only the movie lived up to the quality of these reviews. It looks like the people who made it were not equal to the task....
View ArticleJapan faces more confusion amid leadership vote – Yahoo! News
Japan — which is set to see its sixth prime minister in five years — has fumbled recently to find leadership to tackle formidable challenges, including recovery from a massive earthquake and tsunami in...
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