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Taking on abortion and the so-called “prudent predator” by video — with a shout out to the students of Ayn Rand.
I took up the fundamental immorality of abortion last week, and I addressed some additional issues in this week’s video/podcast. That particular chunk, about twelve minutes, is shown in the YouTube clip below. In the video, I focus on specious … Continue reading
My only points of disagreement with Ayn Rand, libertarianism and scholarship in general: Everyone has been wrong about everything, going back forever.
My epistemology professor – a playful peripatetic.I have met a lot of big-O and biggish-O Objectivists over the years – people who were present in the salons at the Hotel Martinique, others who were actual invited guests to the show … Continue reading
Ayn Rand and me – why my homework is late…
Human thriving is not a solitary pursuit? Who knew?I am dilatory, plainly. More than a year since I’ve written anything here, and that story’s horrors bloom like mold spores. For two years and more, I’ve been stuck with a book … Continue reading
Sister Mary Elephants all the way down: Why the victims of Ayn Rand end up so bitchy and repressed.
It’s funny that Ci’s insist that DISC cannot be true with pitch-perfect Ci fit-pitching – but that’s what Ci’s do when their compliance displays run up against defiance.Photo by: IsengardtThe Ayn Rand Institute has been paying special attention to me … Continue reading
Why was Ayn Rand’s marriage a living hell? And how can you make your own better?
And you may ask yourselfWhat is that beautiful house?And you may ask yourselfWhere does that highway go to?And you may ask yourselfAm I right? Am I wrong?And you may say to yourself yourselfMy God! What have I done?!My friend Teri … Continue reading
Ayn Rand’s 7 helpful tips for wrecking your marriage with a total, lifelong commitment.
That Robert Tracinski is a hard-working carney!Photo by: Paul SablemanRobert Tracinski braced yet another cleansing ritual yesterday, seeking absolution from the goddess of his idolatry with his umpteenth mountain of cotton-candy praise. Kim Jong-un should have such an apple polisher. … Continue reading
Righting Ayn Rand’s wrongs: Family endures. Everything else is temporary.
You say you want a better world? I want for your grandchildren to sail through the air on a tire swing hung from a tree you planted.Photo by: Jim PennucciAyn Rand only got three things seriously wrong. I know that’s … Continue reading
What’s the egoist, atheist, anarchist take on abortion? Don’t fight it. Breed – and creed – it away.
Facts are facts. You cannot possibly havethe “freedom” to cancel the past.Photo by: ⅯeaganI’ve been bitching about abortion for 16 months now, and no one is more amazed by that fact that I am. It’s always been a deal for … Continue reading
The DISC of Ayn Rand’s anti-family philosophy and how it promotes human misery.
You wanted to know what explains the Incandescent/Cautious female harridans and the Cautious/Incandescent male involuntary-celibates of the libertarian movement: It is this formula for human misery concocted by Ayn Rand.This started as a comment. Then it grew. If you have … Continue reading
I see dead people: Which of Ayn Rand’s heroes would have been aborted post-Planned Parenthood?
Who is John Galt? Ayn Rand’s moral ideal, in the world she prayed for and achieved, was sold as spare parts, with the rest of him left to stain discarded rags.I wrote this yesterday, and I admit to my chagrin … Continue reading
Waiting for Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Inst. to come clean about the Planned Parenthood videos?
Busily butt-bussing billionaires: Yaron Brook is pimping a book about being a full-time professional pimp for full-time professional rent-seekers.You could have had a baby by now. Yes, the evader-in-chief of the Ayn Rand Institute has let nine precious months slip … Continue reading
Who killed Ayn Rand’s anti-looter reputation? I suspect Pope Sneakoff, in the hospital, with a pen.
Who destroyed Ayn Rand’s reputation for intellectual integrity? Cui bono? Who had the most to gain?A few weeks ago, writing about taxation, I said: I have further thoughts on Ayn Rand’s late-life Social Security parasitism if anyone cares to revisit … Continue reading
The worst result of Yaron Brook’s abortion evasion? Victims of Objectivism still eat their young.
Why do the victims of Objectivism eat their young? Yaron Brook told them to.I was all over Yaron Brook of The Ayn Rand Institute in 2015 for his cowardly, shameful, ignominious evasion of the Planned Parenthood videos. I went easier … Continue reading
Robert @Tracinski, @YaronBrook: In what way is #AynRand the answer to the problem posed by #Mizzou?
How wrong was Ayn Rand? No ducklings, no ducks. No duh…Photo by: Dave StokesI’ve been hectoring Ayn Rand Institute Grand Poobah Yaron Brook for four months now, wondering why he will not rise to the defense of Ayn Rand’s atrocious utilitarian … Continue reading
Libertarians: You’ve been wrong about abortion all along. It’s time to rip off the band-aid.
If you’re driving the I-5 and you need some Immodium, don’t stop in Irvine. They’re fresh out.If you have given your moral sanction to abortion until now, it’s time to rip off the band-aid. Here’s why: Abortion and self-adoration: Do … Continue reading