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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
OCON Workshop on Starting and Growing an Objectivist Community Club
If you are attending OCON next week and have any interest in starting an Objectivist community club in your hometown, this is a good opportunity to learn from those who have a successful track record in such ventures:
Join the Oclubs.org workshop at OCON. Learn how to start & grow an Objectivist Community Club in your hometown!
- The Colorado Objectivist community has more than 60 members and 7 monthly events
- Chicago has 40 members in its community and 7 events per month
- Atlanta’s new Objectivist community is thriving with 30 members and 1 event per month
Learn how these cities got started! Join Oclubs for a 45 min presentation and workshop at OCON. This event is either for people who already run a community club and want to grow it or for people who want to start one.
Wednesday, July 7 at 6:15p -7:00, 5th Floor, Charleston F room
Oclubs.org was started to support the leaders of Objectivist clubs. We create resources, answer questions, and share advice. Read our Mission Statement here.
Posted in: Announcements, Ayn Rand and Objectivism, Events
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Summer Issue of TOS
The print edition of the Summer issue has been mailed; the online and e-book versions have been posted to our website; and the audio version will be posted on Wednesday, June 30. (Due to production setbacks, the print edition mailed a few days late. I apologize for the delay.)
The contents of the Summer issue are:
ARTICLES
Israel and America’s Flotilla Follies (and How To Avoid Them in the Future)
by Craig BiddleWhy Anthony Daniels Smears Ayn Rand
by Alan GermaniHow to Protect Yourself Against ObamaCare
by Paul HsiehThe Montessori Method: Educating Children for a Lifetime of Learning and Happiness
by Heike LarsonA Review of the Korean Television Series Dae Jang Geum
by Sarah BiddleAn Interview with Philosopher of Science David Harriman
Objective Moral Virtues: Principled Actions
by Craig BiddleBOOKS REVIEWED
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, by Susan Jacoby
Reviewed by Daniel WahlThe Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450, 2nd ed., by David C. Lindberg
Reviewed by Frederick SeilerThe Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History, by Gregory Zuckerman
Reviewed by Daniel WahlThat First Season, by John Eisenberg
Reviewed by Joseph Kellard
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Enjoy!
Posted in: Announcements, Ayn Rand and Objectivism, Business and Economics, Education, Foreign Policy and War, Health Care, History, Individual Rights and Law, Philosophy, Science and Technology, The Arts
Monday, June 21, 2010
New TOS Subscription Options and Pricing
I’m pleased to announce three new TOS subscription options and a substantially reduced price on our online-only subscriptions.
The new subscription formats are audio, e-book, and premium. The Audio subscription (which includes access to the website or HTML edition) provides MP3 versions of TOS articles and reviews that can be downloaded to and played on your computer and a wide variety of audio devices. This enables you to enjoy TOS articles while driving to work, exercising at the gym, strolling on the beach, or the like.
The E-book subscription includes access to both EPUB and PDF versions of the journal (as well as the website edition). The EPUB version offers reflowable, resizable text and works with a variety of devices including laptop and desktop computers, the Apple iPad, the Barnes & Noble Nook, and the Sony Reader. The PDF version is a digital replica of the print journal, which can be viewed on all the aforementioned devices plus the Amazon Kindle. (Kindle subscriptions are available separately as well.) The E-book subscription provides you with highly flexible mobile access to TOS articles.
The Premium subscription includes all of our subscription products—print, audio, e-book, and website—enabling you to read or listen to articles practically anywhere and anytime.
Finally, the price of our Online Only subscription has been reduced from $49 to $29, enabling almost anyone to subscribe to the rational alternative to liberalism and conservatism.
Full descriptions and pricing for all options can be found on the subscriptions page.
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Posted in: Announcements
Friday, June 18, 2010
There’s Nothing “Bright” About the Stimulus Bill
Forbes recently published an argument against the stimulus bill, focusing on its so-called “dark side.”
A little over a year ago the Obama administration passed a staggering $787 billion stimulus package designed to rescue the economy. More than half of that money has now been spent, and the economy is still just creaking along. But now people are realizing that there is a dark side to this spending orgy. It has to end, and then we have to pay the bill.
Yes, Americans are learning that they will have to pay the bill. And hopefully they are learning that government spending is no way to stimulate the economy. But what Americans most desperately need to learn is that such spending packages are not merely economic atrocities but also, and more fundamentally, moral atrocities.
This spending bill, like all welfare legislation, amounts to legalized theft and forced redistribution of wealth. It forces producers—such as those who design and manufacture sofas, and those who design and manufacture video games—to hand over a large portion of their earnings to those who refuse to work and choose instead to lounge around on sofas and play video games all day.
This is utterly immoral. It is a gross violation of individual rights. Thus it is profoundly un-American. Americans who care about individual rights should condemn such legislation not merely as economically untenable, but also—and more importantly—as morally unacceptable. Only then will we begin to reverse the statist trend that is leading this once-free country ever closer to tyranny.
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Related Posts:
- Government Intervention: It’s Not Just Bad for Business
- Capitalism: The Only Moral System
- The Little Dictators
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Posted in: Business and Economics, Individual Rights and Law
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