Ayn Rand’s 105th birthday was on February 2. On that day, I was immersed in unimportant details of my life. But this morning I celebrated Ayn Rand’s birthday in my favorite way. I opened up one of her novels (The Fountainhead this time) at random places and began reading. Perhaps I should perform this celebration […]
(Update, 10/18/2010: A revised version of the second half of this post appears as an article in Capitalism Magazine, dated October 3, 2010: The Philosophical Absurdity Underlying Stimulus Spending) Here is some elaboration on this statement from my previous post, in which I wrote that Obama’s statement at his “Job’s Forum” could be boiled down […]
At his “Jobs Forum” yesterday, Obama said this: It is only when the private sector starts to reinvest again, only when our businesses start hiring again and people start spending again and families start seeing improvement in their own lives again that we’re going to have the kind of economy that we want. That’s the […]
This statement, about the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, made last week by President Obama, has been replayed repeatedly on television news: After eight years—some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done—it is my intention to finish the job. It […]
The day before this year’s Independence Day, in my post, Revolution, I wrote this: It is becoming increasingly likely that nothing short of civil disobedience—and perhaps even more than that—will be necessary to save the America created by our Founding Fathers. In my judgment, the next TEA Party should be more than a verbal protest […]
On Friday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “we will have a public option in our legislation to keep the insurance companies honest and to provide real competition.” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used similar language when he said on Thursday, “the President believes we have to have choice and competition, thinks the best […]
Myrhaf, who also write for The New Clarion, has an excellent post on whether to keep secrets from the reader/audience in writing fiction. In one of my plays, I made an editing change similar to the one that Myrhaf describes, but I had not conceptualized the issue so deeply.
I just finished watching the premiere of Not Evil Just Wrong: The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria. After I write this post, I am going to order my copy of the DVD. The film debunks some of the deceitful claims of Al Gore and the environmentalist movement (I say “some” because it would take […]
Here, without comment, are links to these two videos: White House Communications Director Anita Dunn re Fox News. Glenn Beck re Anita Dunn and the Obama Administration. Also see my News page for other highlights from news media.
On Saturday, I attended a TEA Party, 912West, in Los Angeles along with thousands of other Americans. Notice all the American flags and other symbols of America in these photos of the event. These people love America. The speakers were mixed. For instance, one speaker exhorted the government not to cut Medicare benefits. When he […]