About 12 years ago, along with Boaz Arad, I founded and funded the Ayn Rand Center in Israel (ARCI)—and I have continued to participate and fund it during the last decade. Israel is now on the Objectivist map, and Boaz is encouraging and receiving contributions from others. To support ARCI, I founded, along with Boaz…
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The Killing of CollegeAmerica and CEHE
(This post follows my earlier post: “Persecution: Prosecutorial Abuse in Colorado.” It provides a lot more detail for those interested—those in the career college sector, and the former employees of CEHE. Feel free to share this. Others can safely ignore this unless you want to read a horror story of government corruption.) The Wall Street…
Persecution: Prosecutorial Abuse in Colorado
(This post is intended for those in the career college sector and for the former employees of CollegeAmerica and the Center for Excellence in Higher Education. This is an update. Others can safely skip this post. Feel free to share this.) Former Colorado Assistant Attorney General, Olivia “Libby” DeBlasio-Webster, is a far-left political activist now…
Poisonous Gas in Our Homes
The title above is intentionally provocative to counter the catastrophizing of gas stoves by politicians and the media, as well as the pending heavy hand of government force (i.e., banning them from our homes). According to a thoughtful article from Peter Attia, “Putting out the fire on the gas stove debate,” the problem is blown…
Living Long and Well
How can we live longer? How can we live a flourishing and rewarding life? First, one has to want to live long and well. One needs to have a supporting, life-loving philosophy, which is Objectivism. Second, I believe one needs a psychological outlook that involves strong purposes and values, and the intention to live a…
Remarkable Medical Statistic
I’ve always believed in getting second medical opinions, but I had no idea how important they were. I just read the following: A study finds that 88% of people who go for a second opinion after seeing a doctor wind up receiving a refined or new diagnosis. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic examined 286 patient…
The Power of Sleep
“In a study of more than 2,800 participants, those who slept less than five hours per night were twice as likely to develop dementia—and twice as likely to die—compared to those who slept six to eight hours per night.” (Emphasis added) From an article: Dementia Prevention in Clinical Practice, sourced to Robbins R. Qan SF,…
XPRIZE
Ayn Rand famously wrote: “Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” Such visionary men were often entrepreneurs who created massive wealth and benefits that we all enjoy. The mission of XPRIZE is to bring about “radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity”…
Pursuit of Pleasure vs. Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuing pleasure is a lot of fun. 😊 Listening to music, reading novels, spending time with friends, romance, walking in the woods, playing with children, sports, hobbies, etc. Pursuing pleasure is what it’s all about, at least according to Aristippus (c. 435‒c.356 BCE) of Athens. He developed a whole school of philosophy called Hedonism, which…
Agreement vs. Disagreement
Agreement is good. It’s reassuring. It’s harmonious; it feels good. Disagreement, on the other hand, can be irritating, annoying, unsettling, and can be upsetting.However, rational disagreement can lead to deeper understanding and result in objectivity.Disagreement done correctly can lead to more effective ideas and solutions. To paraphrase General George S. Patton: If everyone is agreeing,…