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Freedom & Liberty

Posted on April 15, 2021May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

A Reverend Dudley once asked Ayn Rand, “What are we going to do with the two billion [now almost eight billion] people that populate the Earth?” She replied: The only thing to do with them is to do nothing. The only good thing we can do for mankind is to leave it alone, which means…

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Craig Biddle Engages with PragerU to Bring Ayn Rand’s Ideas to Millions

Posted on April 6, 2021May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

My purpose and the purpose of my Prometheus Foundation/Objectivist Venture Fund is to promote Ayn Rand and advance Objectivism. I am ambitious. I want to do this worldwide and for many millions of people. It will take many millions before we have an impact on the culture. We’re starting—just starting—to reach millions. Craig Biddle, Executive…

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Power

Posted on March 29, 2021April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

I think many of us love the quote from Francis Bacon: “Knowledge is power.” Clearly, knowledge is a very high value. The road to success and happiness is paved with knowledge. Knowledge is one of the highest values of any reasoning mind. But I realized some years ago that it’s not sufficient. It’s correct and…

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My Upcoming Book on “Prequests”

Posted on March 24, 2021April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

Some have asked what my book is about and what is a “prequest.” Throughout my life, I’ve received a lot of help and support from many people. When I sat down to write my will, I made a list of close friends, people who had significantly changed my life (Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff are…

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Craig Biddle and Dennis Prager Discuss Ayn Rand and God

Posted on March 22, 2021May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

Craig Biddle, executive director of Prometheus Foundation, recently sat down with Dennis Prager at his home for a Fireside Chat about religion, Objectivism, and American values. To date, the video has been viewed by more than 870,000 people (680,000 on YouTube alone) and is in the top four most viewed Fireside Chats ever. It is…

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Good News Regarding Leonard Peikoff

Posted on March 18, 2021January 28, 2022 by Carl Barney

Friends of Leonard Peikoff have been concerned about his health. Over the last few years, he has not been well, and recently he was hospitalized with COVID. Believing that he was still unwell, I was surprised when he asked to have dinner with me. We got together last night, and I was even more surprised….

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How Can We Save the Ayn Rand Institute?

Posted on March 13, 2021May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

I have critiqued the Ayn Rand Institute’s failures to advance Ayn Rand and promote her philosophy. Several people have asked me what I think ARI could do to succeed. I’ll provide some thoughts on that below. But first, some context. Yaron Brook, on his podcast, publicly asked: “While [Carl Barney] was on the Board [of…

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Valentine’s Day: The Greatest Love of All

Posted on February 18, 2021April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

There’s a wonderful song, “The Greatest Love of All,” by Whitney Houston, also sung by Jane Oliver. Here are the lyrics with my comments: Everybody’s searching for a hero (be your own hero).People need someone to look up to (look up to yourself).I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs (fulfill your own needs).A lonely…

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Intellectual Dysfunction

Posted on February 17, 2021May 4, 2021 by Carl Barney

I confess, when I first read Objectivism, I was rationalistic and somewhat ultracrepidarian. Okay, I know: “ultracrepidarian” has seven syllables and is a tongue-twister. But if you can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, you can say ul tra crep i dar i an; and it’s the only word that really fits. It means: one who expresses opinions, criticism,…

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Judging Judges

Posted on February 17, 2021January 28, 2022 by Carl Barney

Three years ago, Eric Juhlin, CEO and Chairman of Center for Excellence in Higher Education (a private nonprofit college group), and I entrusted our reputations, careers, and fortunes to the Colorado judicial system—to the Honorable Ross Buchanan, a Denver district court judge. Libby DeBlasio Webster, a political activist acting as an Assistant Attorney General in…

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