Welcome to the March 3, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up.
I dedicate this edition to the coming of spring! And if you are still in snow and don't have your own yet, here is a host of golden daffodils for you to enjoy.
Diana Hsieh presents NoodleCast #60: Live Rationally Selfish Webcast posted at NoodleFood, saying, "Here's my latest Rationally Selfish Webcast, in podcast form!"
Ryan presents For the Kiddies: Wallace and Gromit?s World of Invention posted at Ryan's Rantings, saying, "A post in which I quickly suggest a show to curious children and whimsical adults."
Burgess Laughlin presents David Allen's "Getting Things Done," as Integration posted at Making Progress, saying, "David Allen's Getting Things Done is a tool of integration of facts, values, and actions. It is a tool for applying an objective philosophy to the details of life."
Rory presents On ambiguity and searching posted at A Matter Of Mind To Matter, saying, "Traditional Objectivist approaches literature and education fail precisely because they attempt to present what is true and essential with no respect to the reader's or the student's perspective in following a process of *striving* to appreciate and understand what is being shown to them."
Alexander Marriott presents First in War, First in Peace, First in Solvency? posted at Alexander Marriott's Wit and Wisdom, saying, "As we have just past the 279th anniversary of George Washington's birth, what can his life's greatest achievements and most important struggles teach us about how to confront our national debt? This brief essay seeks to place debt at the very center of the American founding and the very real worries the founders associated with that debt and how they built a system designed to be able to pay it off."
C.W. presents The Debt and the Republicans posted at Krazy Economy, saying, "The Republicans claim that they are doing something about the budget deficit. Instead, their efforts are more hype than results. What they have done so far will make no difference."
Joseph Kellard presents Iranian Expatriate Talks Regime Change posted at Long Beach Patch: Latest Articles, saying, "My article on an Iranian expatriate who talks about his decades-long efforts to help overthrow the Islamic regime that jailed him and confiscated his jewelry store before he fled, ultimately, to America."
Ryan Kavanagh presents Unfree under the CRTC posted at Ryan Kavanagh's /dev/brain, saying, "The recent usage based billing scandal outraged Canadians for the wrong reasons. Rather than being outraged that a company obtained permission to charge its resellers as it desired, Canadians should have been outraged that permission was needed."
Scott Connery presents Does Islam mean Peace? posted at Rational Public Radio.
Kate Yoak presents Are objectivists evil? posted at Parenting is..., saying, "Reactions of my friends to some of the objectivist content on the Internet have given me pause. I am discuss why objectivists come though in such a negative light and how to do better."
Michael Labeit presents A Primer on Slippery Slopes posted at Michael Labeit at EconomicPolicyJournal.com.
Hanah presents It Takes a Village posted at Charlie's Bookshelf, saying, "It turns out you can't judge a book by its title."
Gene Palmisano presents Ousting the Neocons posted at The Metaphysical Lunch, saying, "Time has come for the neoconservatives to go the way of the dinosaur, and relinquish the Republican Party."
Diana Hsieh presents Law of Treason posted at NoodleFood, saying, "What is the law of treason -- and what should it be?"
Edward Cline presents Court Endorses “Thought Crime” posted at The Rule of Reason, saying, "It is not for nothing that when the Obama administration proposes taking over the Internet, or when courts uphold the idea of “hate speech” or endorses the regulation of speech in schools and businesses and even in government itself, no one thinks is it Aldous “Huxleyian” or Thomas “Hobbesian.” it is immediately dubbed “Orwellian. In terms of totalitarian methods and ends, Orwell literally wrote the book."
Ari Armstrong presents Union Critics Counter-Protest posted at Free Colorado, saying, "Critics of political-sector union collective bargaining spoke at at a Denver rally."
Kelly Elmore presents Parenting Kids Through Difficult Choices posted at Reepicheep's Coracle, saying, "Here's a description of how I helped Livy to make her own decision, even when she wanted me to make it for her.
David C Lewis, RFA presents Dear Dave: What's Wrong With Personal Finance Blogs? Twin Tier Financial posted at A Revolution In Financial Planning, saying, "Financial blogs are numerous in number on the Internet. I examine a few and give my opinion of the blogosphere in general. I also manage to rant for a bit."
Santiago and Kelly Valenzuela present The Real Economics of Illegal Immigration posted at Mother of Exiles, saying, "How the immigration crack down at Chipotle restaurants is bad for the economy and bad for America."
Peter Cresswell presents Make Christchurch an Enterprise Zone not a Ward of the State. posted at Not PC, saying, "My colleague Peter Osborne wants to get government OUT of earthquake recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here's his post calling for an Enterprise Zone that was put in front of the Prime Minister this week."
Rational Jenn presents Homeschooling Mommy WIN posted at Rational Jenn, saying, "How I managed to back off of my kids and allowed them to do their own homeschool project."
Julia Campbell presents moroccan roasted chicken with dates posted at the crankin' kitchen!, saying, "This is a super delicious, wonderfully spiced roasted chicken that's tender and has the contrast of sweet dates."
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