The philosophy that matters is not the philosophy we profess, but the philosophy we practice. (That’s a paraphrase of a quote by Francis Chan.) There are many who profess Objectivism but do not practice it well, or do not practice it at all—or even worse, they mis-practice it. I will write some more about this…
Author: Carl Barney
“Schisms” and ARI’s Need of a Dispute Resolution Process
(This is intended for Objectivists; if you’re not an Objectivist, you’ll want to skip it.) I have been traveling, loving life, and in no rush to comment on Onkar Ghate’s March 5, 2022, article, “Of Schisms, Public and Private,” published to the world in “New Ideal.” (Commenting on it is perhaps unnecessary, but the fact…
The Next Killer Virus
I don’t normally pass along humor, but this one was just too hard to resist. It’s just too funny…. Carl B. BarneySeptember 14, 2022
Dr. Google: My Favorite Doctor
I heartily recommend to you my favorite doctor, Dr. Google. One example: I recently had a full-body MRI as part of my longevity program. I was wondering what the MRI would or would not show and what I could learn from it. I had planned to ask the radiologist… but decided to go to my…
Boom
About seven years ago, I received a call from Blake Scholl—at whom I laughed and said, “You’re crazy.” He’s now getting the last laugh. At that time, he told me he was developing a supersonic airliner. I asked him where and he said that he was working on it in his basement/garage. I laughed at…
Cato is Flourishing
The CEO of the Cato Institute, Peter Goettler, visited me on July 27th. We had a delightful dinner at my home, he stayed the evening, and we continued our conversation the next morning. He is super bright, very successful, and a good and benevolent man. I asked him how Cato was doing in terms of…
Disgraced and Discredited Judge Buchanan
As you can read in my earlier blog posts—Judging Judges, A Bittersweet Legal Victory, and Honor and Dishonor—Judge Ross Buchanan was derelict in his duties, failing to rule in a timely fashion on a really important issue affecting many thousands of people, including students, faculty, and staff of CollegeAmerica and Center for Excellence in Higher…
Doctors: A Tribute
If it were not for doctors and medical science, I would have been dead for 30 years. (I suffered acute appendicitis, which was quickly resolved at a local hospital.) In fact, most people over the age of fifty would be dead were it not for life-saving drugs, medical procedures, and the care of doctors and…
Strategies for Longevity that Don’t Require a Doctor
My doctor, Peter Attia, writes: “If you’re interested in longevity… you want to prioritize muscle mass.” And he recommends three forms of exercise: Zone 1 is strength training, which can be done through weights or isometrics. I do both. Zone 2 is low-grade cardio, where you’re not so breathless that you can’t hold a conversation,…
Our Country, Clarity, and Common Sense
Wilfred M. McClay, winner of the Bradley Prize, remarked on May 17, 2022: Would a serious country so completely lose perspective on its own past that it would entertain the idea that the nation was founded on slavery, rather than on the ideals that have made it a beacon to the rest of the world?…
