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Longevity

Posted on November 11, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

I’ve been working with the Attia Medical Group on a longevity plan (which I would be happy to share with select friends privately). In a recent memo, Attia emphasized how exercise is “the drug of choice:” “If exercise were a drug, it would be the best drug we have for preventing heart disease [the leading…

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ARI Is Failing and Needs Our Help

Posted on November 3, 2020May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

(If you are not an Objectivist, please ignore this.) The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) is failing, and I have struggled over whether to make a statement about how and why it is failing. I understand things that Objectivists, and particularly major contributors to ARI, need to know and have a right to know. If ARI…

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More Context about Craig Biddle and ARI

Posted on November 3, 2020May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

(If you are not an Objectivist, please ignore this.) For about 10 years, on and off, certain people at the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), most notably Onkar Ghate and Yaron Brook, have been publicly and covertly (through phone calls, emails, and social media) denouncing and blacklisting Craig Biddle and The Objective Standard (TOS). They did…

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Response to ARI

Posted on October 31, 2020May 4, 2021 by Carl Barney

I recently wrote an article, The Truth about Craig Biddle vs. Smears by Some at ARI. Rather than respond to the article, ARI issued a statement attacking it as “riddled with errors and distortions.” What errors and distortions? They don’t say. Surely they could have spent a few minutes out of respect for readers to…

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Leonard’s Birthday

Posted on October 31, 2020January 28, 2022 by Carl Barney

For friends of Leonard Peikoff. (If you are not an Objectivist, skip this.) Leonard; my romantic partner, Julie; and I had a delightful dinner for Leonard’s birthday at my home last Tuesday night. Leonard was upbeat and in good health; the best I’ve seen him in years. He was energetic, spirited, humorous, and delightful as…

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The Sun Always Comes Up

Posted on October 13, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

This was sent to me by a dear friend, and it resonates.

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The Truth about Craig Biddle vs. Smears by Some at ARI

Posted on October 6, 2020May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

Craig Biddle is an accomplished, highly productive, Objectivist intellectual who has dedicated the last 25 years to advancing Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. He has done it well. He is cofounder and editor of The Objective Standard, a vital source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective, now in its 15th year of publication. He is…

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Fear and Politics

Posted on September 21, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

When fear, ignorance, and evasion mix with politics, bad and costly things happen. Financially speaking, the mismanagement of the coronavirus panic is more costly than 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis combined. This, I believe, is the greatest political blunder of this century. However, there are thoughtful writers such as Joseph Ladapo amid the hysteria….

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Systemic Racism

Posted on August 21, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

Whites-only bathrooms. Whites-only hotels. Blacks unable to get jobs reserved for whites. Lynchings. These evils have occurred in American history. In 1930s Germany, the Nazi government was committing even greater evils against Jews, black people, and many other “undesirables,” prohibiting them from buying homes, owning businesses, or getting jobs. Eventually, the state attempted to murder…

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Wonderful Movie and Literary Treats

Posted on August 5, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

Lisa VanDamme (of VanDamme Academy, and who I consider the poet laureate of Objectivism) and her husband Chad Morris (a personal trainer extraordinaire) came to dinner at my home with close friends, Craig Biddle, and his wife, Sarah. There’s richness in these relationships. Lisa recommended a wonderful movie called Warrior starring, among others, Nick Nolte….

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