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September 2011

11 posts

New Forbes.com Column: The Entitlement State is Morally Bankrupt → feedproxy.google.com

Forbes.com has just published the latest column by Yaron Brook and me, “The Entitlement State is Morally Bankrupt.”

The basic principle behind the entitlement state is that a person’s…

Sep 15, 2011
What are your thoughts on changing one’s name? I want to be identified by what I choose to be called, not by the name given to me by my parents or heritage. Shouldn’t a true individual change his name? → peikoff.com
Sep 12, 2011
A Moral Operating System: Software for Living → feedproxy.google.com

Damon Horowitz begins his recent TED presentation with the following question: What’s better, iPhone or Android? Nearly everyone in the audience immediately raised a hand in favor of one or…

Sep 12, 2011
If my life is my moral purpose, how can it ever be moral to risk it to save another, such as my wife? Isn’t that making the other a higher value than you yourself? → peikoff.com
Sep 9, 2011
Read parts of Winning the Unwinnable War for free online → feedproxy.google.com

If you haven’t yet checked out Elan Journo’s edited collection, Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, this month you can read the…

Sep 7, 2011
When I was younger, age 19, I broke the glass on a school door. I want to make reparations for this vandalism, which still preys on my mind. Do you think I have to confess my crime to the police even though that would mean losing my job? → peikoff.com
Sep 6, 2011
Preview the Fall Issue! Get your orders in by Tuesday, September 6th! → feedproxy.google.com

Our Fall edition goes to press on Wednesday. Get your orders in by Tuesday, September 6th!

This semester’s issue of The Undercurrent will focus on capitalism, to tie in with our upcoming…

Sep 6, 2011
911–A Decade Later: Lessons for the Future → feedproxy.google.com

It has been a decade since the Sept. 11 attacks shocked and angered our nation. What lessons have we learned since then? ARC will be hosting a symposium on this subject, titled “Sept. 11—A…

Sep 3, 2011
I was a prosecution witness in a capital murder case. The man is now in jail for life and both CBS 48 Hours and Dateline NBC are calling for interviews, but some people view these TV news programs as media sensationalizing. What should I do? → peikoff.com
Sep 2, 2011
Medicare’s Fiscal Ailment → feedproxy.google.com

With Medicare facing unfunded liabilities that top $30 trillion, Washington is scrambling for ways to hold down the program’s soaring costs. And in the usual fashion, the proposals on the…

Sep 2, 2011
Health Care Reform: Setting Doctors Free (part 2 of 2) → youtube.com

Sep 2, 2011

August 2011

17 posts

Help Support Capitalism Awareness Week! → the-undercurrent.com

In his lecture at this summer’s Objectivist conference, Yaron Brook, President of the Ayn Rand Institute, reflected on the first 50 years of the Objectivist movement. During that session, Dr….

Aug 30, 2011
Should blood be thicker than water? → peikoff.com
Aug 30, 2011
Announcing The Undercurrent's Summer Distribution Story Contest Winners! → the-undercurrent.com

Congratulations to our Summer 2011 Distribution Story Contest winners! Each winner will receive an Amazon.com gift card. You can view the top two entries below. Thank you to everyone who…

Aug 26, 2011
Sept. 11—A decade later: lessons for the future → feedproxy.google.com

What lessons have we learned since the horrific 9/11 attacks, ten years ago? With two unresolved wars and a Middle East in upheaval, how should we evaluate America’s policy in that volatile…

Aug 26, 2011
Episode 178 → peikoff.com
Aug 23, 2011
Dagny was the highest value for both Francisco and Rearden. Since she chose Galt over them, is there any possibility for them to find romantic love again? → peikoff.com
Aug 19, 2011
The Fall 2011 Edition of The Undercurrent is Now Available to Order!  → the-undercurrent.com

The latest edition of The Undercurrent is now available to order!

This edition focuses on the nature and value of capitalism. Valery Publius begins with a question: “Would you give up the…

Aug 16, 2011
What’s at stake in the Obamacare litigation? → feedproxy.google.com

Over at The Daily Caller they have my take on the Obamacare litigation. Yes, it would be a good thing to stop Obamacare in the courts. But the victory, if it comes, will stop far short of…

Aug 16, 2011
A few years ago I acted very irrationally. As a consequence my reputation with certain people was destroyed. Is it second-handed to care about my reputation and work to rebuild it? → peikoff.com
Aug 15, 2011
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