Thursday, February 27, 2014

America Pawned is America Pwned

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Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker.  It does not matter which side of the counter you stand on. Pawn shops have taken one or two thousand y...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Fossils and Behaviors

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Sub-adult American alligator  in Pearl River Delta, Mississippi.  Photo by Kristine Gingras  from the journal artlcle. Crocodile...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Epigenetics and Evolution

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The mechanism of evolution has not been discovered.  No consistent theory exists. Random mutations adapting to changing environments was the...
Friday, February 7, 2014

The Validity of the Senses

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On the “Galt’s Gulch” discussion board for fans of the movie Atlas Shrugged, username Maphedus asked an old question: “ How do we ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Weatherman Songbook

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"Some of the best things in life are free if you can steal them from the bourgeosie!" To the tune of "Money", last mon...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Philatelics: the objective virtues of stamp collecting

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“Those bright little pieces of paper will carry your words across oceans, over mountains, over deserts, and still more difficult: over sa...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Love, Loss, and Redemption in Atlas Shrugged

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Although she personally hated surprises, Ayn Rand admired O. Henry for his plot twists.   Atlas Shrugged is too easily perceived ...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Dagny Two Point Oh

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Coletta Anne Cannon and I met in Lakewood Park on Labor Day, 1969. A decade ago, when she turned 50, I sent her a card and we talked on t...
Friday, January 24, 2014

The First Dagny

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We met in the student lounge through a friend of hers.  Another friend of mine from Young Americans for Freedom had handed me Anthem as we...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Inspecting the Objectivist Theory of Government

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American libertarians generally believe that the only proper functions of government are an army to protect the nation from invasi...
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