Welcome to the April 21, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up. This has been a big week for Objectivism! Many of the posts this week are reviews of the Atlas Shrugged movie, and whether we loved it or hated it, whether we promote it or renounce it, we can all agree how wonderful it is that the book sales are so high! So here is the new edition of the Roundup, and here's to many new people reading it and reading Atlas Shrugged.
Edward Cline presents April Fools’ Day: Imam Rauf Addresses the Nation posted at The Rule of Reason, saying, "On April 1st, The Washington Post, in its continuing state of dhimmitude, allowed Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative and promoter of the Park51 mosque near Ground Zero, to serve Americans a smorgasbord of Islamic taqiyya, “Five myths about Muslims in America.” Taqiyya is the Islamic practice of saying one thing in English, and another in Arabic. His article was reprinted in numerous newspapers across the country. This commentary will serve as a rebuttal to his principal assertions."
Joseph Kellard presents My Long Road to Objectivism posted at The American Individualist, saying, "A looked back at my years-long introduction to Ayn Rand and her books that changed my life."
Hannah Eason presents The Real World: Atlas Shrugged posted at Hannah, Writer, saying, "A for-fun recasting of the Atlas Shrugged movie with public-figure doppelgangers."
Tony White presents Post 3: How to watch the Atlas Shrugged movie posted at Peripatetic Thoughts, saying, "A blog post reviewing the Atlas Shrugged movie and suggesting that Objectivists will profit from watching the movie in a certain way."
John Drake presents What are you doing this summer? posted at Try Reason!, saying, "Maybe not Phineas and Ferb quality, but I will be busy this summer."
Shrikant Rangnekar presents Atlas Shrugged Movie Report: April 17, 2011 posted at Shrikant Rangnekar.
Ari Armstrong presents Atlas Shrugged Audience Reactions posted at Free Colorado, saying, "Hear what audience members thought of the Atlas Shrugged film in Westminster, CO, in this video."
Harsha Vardhan presents Food Ministry to target food wastage at weddings. posted at Harsha blogs!, saying, "Food Ministry has decided to target food wastage at weddings. How absurd can they get?"
Opus Dei presents This is John Galt Speaking posted at Ayn and Self..., saying, "No one on earth explained 'Individualism' and 'Capitalism' in this honorable a way. Never ever did history of literature witness such a feat as the John Galt speech. And I know, it never will."
David C Lewis, RFA presents Are You Responsible For Your Own Retirement? posted at A Revolution In Financial Planning, saying, "There was a time when people were responsible for their own retirement. Now that burden is shared or completely shifted onto taxpayers. I discuss an interesting day-trip to a county fair and what I learned there."
Jason Stotts presents Atlas Shrugged: The Movie posted at Erosophia, saying, "My thoughts on the new Atlas Shrugged movie."
Kate Yoak presents Life begins at conception posted at Parenting is..., saying, "An unborn baby does not have individual rights, it does not think, feel or reason. It exists outside of governmental control or protection. But it does have an identity. I describe the intimate connection that begins even as it is just a multi-cellular organism."
Rational Jenn presents The One about the Atlas Shrugged Movie posted at Rational Jenn, saying, "My thoughts about the experience of seeing the new Atlas Shrugged movie as well as how our local group is trying to take advantage of all of this recent interest in Ayn Rand and Objectivism."
Stephen Bourque presents Movie Review: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 posted at One Reality, saying, "I enjoyed watching the film . . . but it has a lot of problems."
Shrikant Rangnekar presents Atlas Shrugged Movie Polls (Over 350+ answers and counting?) posted at Shrikant Rangnekar
Harsha Vardhan presents Back to License Raj--Competition Commission's new guidelines. posted at Harsha blogs!, saying, "This note addresses the negative effects of the new merger guidelines released by the Competition Commission of India."
John McVey presents OTI post #5 - validation and importance posted at John J McVey.
Rory presents Politics: Addendum posted at A Matter Of Mind To Matter, saying, "Something of a personal post, but also something I think others will be able to relate to: the attitude that when it comes to trying to change the world, inspiration and appeals to emotion are just as important as reason and facts."
Diana Hsieh presents Atlas Shrugged, Part 1: Video of My Review posted at NoodleFood, saying, "In Sunday's Rationally Selfish Webcast, I discussed "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" in the "Atlas Shrugged, Part 1" movie. Here's the 17-minute video from that webcast."
Scott Connery presents Bring the Troops Home From the Drug War posted at Rational Public Radio, saying, "It's time to learn from the mistakes of alcohol prohibition and apply them to drug prohibition. It's time for advocates of liberty to become consistent advocates."
Rachel Miner presents Harry Potter Love posted at The Playful Spirit, saying, "This is a combined post where I both share my reasons for re-reading the Harry Potter series so many times and briefly review Ari Armstrong's new edition of Values of Harry Potter."
Jim Woods presents Unbalanced Rhetoric posted at Words by Woods, saying, "Sen. DeMitt offers empty rhetoric instead of legislative integrity."
Kelly Elmore presents An Instance of Problem-Solving Between Parent and Child posted at Reepicheep's Coracle, saying, "This post describes a misunderstanding between parent and child and how we solved it together."
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