Today, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man’s landing on the Moon, I read Ayn Rand on “Apollo 11” (The Objectivist, September 1969). Here are some excerpts: The meaning of the sight [the launch] lay in the fact that when those dark-red wings of fire flared open, one knew that one was not looking at […]
Though they are decades old, the writings of Ayn Rand are still the one indispensable source for understanding today’s news. I have been re-reading The Virtue of Selfishness, a collection of essays (most of them by Ayn Rand), originally published in The Objectivist Newsletter in the early 1960s, on ethics. This passage is from “The […]
[This may be my last post for a while. I am taking a break from blogging in order to focus on another project.] In his news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, President Obama essentially endorsed the policy of Mutual Assured Destruction for America’s ongoing relations with Russia. My google search indicates that […]
The recent rooftop chanting of Iranian protestors reminded me of Estonia’s fight for freedom from the Soviet Union; the revolution was depicted in this wonderful and very moving documentary film, The Singing Revolution. The Estonians’ fight against the Soviets took the form of civil disobedience through singing. The Estonians were lucky: the Soviet Union was […]