I dedicate this roundup to Ayn Rand's birthday! And to celebrate the birth of this awesome thinker, here are a few awesome quotes of hers:
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it’s yours."
Burgess Laughlin presents Stephen Bourque analyzes mystic Dennis Prager posted at The Main Event, saying, "This is an interview with Objectivist weblog writer Stephen Bourque. In a long series of articles last year, he dissected the philosophical nature, foundations, and errors in Jewish mystic Dennis Prager's arguments for God as the only source of an absolutist ethics. Bourque rejects both the conventional atheists and the monotheists. The interview also reveals the nature of Bourque's activism and the qualities required to sustain it."
Rachel Miner presents Sick Days: From Splat to Spunky posted at The Playful Spirit, saying, "This post covers some tips for moving through the sick-kid drama in a more pleasant fashion and ending up with positive problem solving skills too!"
Brian Phillips presents Conservative Populism posted at Houston Property Rights, saying, "Glenn Beck can be both illuminating and infuriating. As an example of the latter, he recently made a statement on his radio show that the states have a right to institute universal health care, hand out free cars, etc. if the citizens of that state want such things. He stated that the federal government is barred from such actions, but the states are not. In other words, he is not opposed to violating individual rights; he just wants it done on a more local level."
Jim Woods presents President George Washington's First State Of the Union Address posted at Words by Woods, saying, "President Washington's address provides a stark contrast to that of President Obama and other recent Presidents."
Brian presents Interview: Jared Rhoads of the Lucidicus Project posted at Reality Talk, saying, ""Many of the students who write to us are so thrilled to have discovered The Lucidicus Project that they go on and on for paragraphs--usually along a storyline that roughly conveys the following: 1) everyone around them believes in some flavor of state intervention in healthcare, for example single-payer, 2) they know that there is something wrong with that approach, but 3) they don't know exactly what it is or how to articulate it.""
Mike Zemack presents Gay Marriage and Individual Rights posted at Principled Perspectives, saying, "Here is my take on why the bill to legalize same-sex marriage failed in my rather liberal state of New Jersey."
John Drake presents Connections - Kant to Hilter posted at Try Reason!, saying, "An older British TV show called Connections had an episode called Deja Vu where narrator James Burke showed a "connection" between Kant and Hilter."
Kirk presents Use It or Lose It posted at A is A, saying, "We now stand at a tipping point in history. History can sway one way towards a dictatorship with access to the most advanced weaponry on the planet, or we can utilize the intellectual freedoms we still possess; before it's too late. The choice is yours."
Ifat Glassman presents What is ethics and why do we need it? posted at Psychology of Selfishness, saying, "The essay demonstrate using daily experiences why we need ethics and what ethics is."
Tom Utley presents Republicans could learn a lot from Ron Paul posted at It's My Blog, saying, "Ron Paul is the most pro-liberty Republican of national prominence, yet he's hated by many of the party insiders, mostly for his stance on foreign policy. From the standpoint of a supporter of Rational Self Interest, I think the Republicans could learn a lot from Ron Paul, even though he is incorrect in his stance of total non-interventionism."
Paul Hsieh presents A Few Parallels From Shelter, Food, Epistemology, and Happiness posted at NoodleFood, saying, "Different variations of a classic trichotomy."
Kelly Elmore presents Acceptance and Parenting: Revisiting An Old Post Cause I Still Haven't Got It Through My Thick Skull posted at Reepicheep's Coracle, saying, "In which I think crazy thoughts but find peace in an old post."
Stella presents We know better. We're the government. posted at ReasonPharm, saying, "The Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance may be a victory for free speech, but a recent FDA decision shows how much that right has been ignored in the pharmaceutical industry."
Sandi Trixx presents Digging Che posted at Sandi Trixx, saying, "How long before some of Cuba's laws are enacted under Obama?"
Diana Hsieh presents Thyroid Update: Desiccated Thyroid and Iodine posted at NoodleFood, saying, "After two months of living as a semi-corpse on the standard treatment for hypothyroidism (Synthroid), I got my life back with desiccated thyroid and iodine."
Beth Haynes presents Minimum Insurance laws and the Uninsured posted at Wealth is not the Problem, saying, "A cause-and-effect relationship exists between insurance mandates and the uninsured."
Beth Haynes presents "Basic Medical Care Insurance Access" posted at Wealth is not the Problem, saying, "When you hear people say that the United States is the only country without universal health care, here is how you can respond."
Jeff Montgomery presents Tea Party Fee Irony posted at Fun With Gravity, saying, "A tea party-related convention is criticized for -- gasp! -- charging a fee."
Edward Cline presents The State of His Audacity posted at The Rule of Reason, saying, "Watching a video the other evening of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address (and later reading the transcript of it), I was struck by two things: the yawn-inducing banality of everything he said, because he has said it all before; and the blatantly collectivist nature of the speech, one barely disguised by its sugary “progressive” coating. Throughout his speech, it was “I am disappointed with the lack of progress by Congress in implementing a socialist agenda, and so we must stop bickering and get things done.”"
C.W. presents The Question of Obama posted at Krazy Economy, saying, "We don't like Obama and think that he will do things that will harm the country. But, how far will he go? What do you think?"
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