Here's a quote for inspiration purposes: "Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth." -- Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)
Peter Cresswell presents It’s not every day you meet a real-life hero posted at Not PC, saying, "In which I meet up with Yaron Brook, and fall into unashamed hero worship."
Burgess Laughlin presents Why construct a chronology? posted at Making Progress, saying, "For students of history in particular and students of life in general, constructing a chronology of events can be a tool for clearer thinking in confusing situations. The attempt to construct one reveals gaps in one's knowledge about a chain of events. It also prepares the way for identifying causal connections between events. This post considers a recent conflict as an example."
Miranda Barzey presents Child Beauty Pageants: Right or Wrong? posted at Building Atlantis, saying, "Some lingering thoughts on the good, bad, and ugly of child beauty pageants. Comments are welcomed!"
C.W. presents Gold is Undervalued posted at Krazy Economy, saying, "There tends to be lots of excitement when gold costs more made-up dollars. But a broader perspective suggests that gold is much more undervalued that the current price level and its advance might indicate."
David Lewis presents i can't, i won't, i shouldn't posted at david in real life, saying, "Dear Diary: Why don't people just say what they mean? Have you ever been confused by people saying "can't" when they really mean "I don't want to"? Well, you're not alone."
Stella presents Lessons learned from the ER posted at ReasonPharm, saying, "ReasonPharm is back -- and *I'm* back from the ER. Here are my thoughts on the experience."
Kelly Valenzuela presents Beauty Pageants posted at Rant from the Rock, saying, "I left this in the comments of another blog, but was so pleased with it, I made it into a blog post of its own. You often hear people dogging beauty pageants (and often with good reasons), but my experience in a few pageants was a lot of fun and a great way to bond with my mother."
Ari Armstrong presents Would Perlmutter Also Lambast Soviet Bread Line Critics? posted at Free Colorado, saying, "A congressman blasts his challenger for daring to benefit from tax-funded programs he is forced to finance."
Zip presents Let's Forget. posted at UNCOMMON SENSE, saying, "With the news that the Afghanistan Government is in secret talks with the Taliban to end almost 10 years of war it seems like it is time to find out what went wrong."
Shea Levy presents Thoughts on Dr. John McCaskey's Resignation and the Events Surrounding It posted at Shea's Blog, saying, "My evaluation of the various parties in the kerfuffle surrounding Dr. McCaskey's resignation."
Diana Hsieh presents Bonus Footage from My Stephen Bailey Interview posted at NoodleFood, saying, "I posted a bonus segment from my interview with Stephen Bailey. Here, Stephen is joined by his wife Reiko."
Aditya Pawar presents The Right to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances, Part II posted at Axiom.
Paul McKeever presents Multiculturalism, Judeo-Christian Values, and the Broken Clock posted at Paul McKeever, saying, "this one relates to Angela Merkel's condemnation of multiculturalism, and the false dichotomy between "secular humanism" and the adoption of "Judeo-Christian values"."
Stephen Bourque presents Fresh Agitprop From The DNC posted at One Reality, saying, "I would have thought that if Democrats were interested in presenting a new image, they would have tried to conceal their anti-American views by hiding behind a red-white-and-blue, American-as-apple-pie logo--something unambiguously patriotic."
Amy Mossoff presents Family posted at The Little Things, saying, "How much do genes matter when it comes to making a family?"
Trey Givens presents My First Gay Bashing posted at Trey Givens, saying, "Don't worry. I'm unharmed. As I said on Facebook, apparently, homophobic thugs hit like wet spaghetti noodles before they run. But, yes, a grown man did actually punch me in the back of the head for the mere fact of my existence as a gay man. And I was in the San Francisco bay area of all places!"
Edward Cline presents Let’s Not Roll: The Islamic Memorial in Pennsylvania posted at The Rule of Reason, saying, ""Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!" That was the call to arms, the cavalry charge sounded by Todd Beamer aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001. The forty passengers and crew decided to not be helpless pawns of what they now knew were jihadist hijackers – through their cell phones they had learned of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center – but to do what they could to foil the plans of the “martyrs.”"
Benjamin Skipper presents Obama on Mythbusters? posted at Musing Aloud, saying, "Obama is going to be on Mythbusters? What a terrible juxtaposition!"
Kelly Elmore presents My Teaching Philosophy posted at Reepicheep's Coracle, saying, "This is an early draft of the teaching philosophy that I will submit with job applications to community colleges."
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