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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 Virus

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

I gave up discussing the virus because so many people were doing it and there was some really thoughtful material out there. But when I come across a particular piece of sanity, I sometimes like to put out just a few brief quotes. Here’s one now: [There is a] new declaration from scientists that the…

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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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Cogent COVID Quote

Posted on August 17, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

[All over the world] “… the young are now the chief dissenters from social distancing. The trade-off they face is everything that makes life interesting, the experiences and relationships that will secure their future, vs. a disease that, in most cases, may not be worse than the flu. “In the U.S., we delude ourselves if…

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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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Reopening Schools

Posted on July 16, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

The virus will kill our children! Really? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 children under age 15 have died from COVID-19 (if we can believe that number). In a typical year, 190 children die of the flu, 436 from suicide, 625 from homicide, and 4,114 from accidental deaths such as drowning….

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Why I Support Ayn Rand and Objectivism

Posted on July 15, 2020May 3, 2021 by Carl Barney

Ayn Rand’s writings and philosophy are a symphony of reason and inspiration.  For example, in responding to a fan in 1960 about the meaning of life, she wrote: “Joy, exultation, beauty, greatness, heroism, all of the supreme, uplifting values of man’s existence on Earth, are the meaning of life.” In the afterword to Atlas Shrugged,…

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Paycheck Protection Program

Posted on July 15, 2020April 14, 2022 by Carl Barney

I have never paid my “fair share” of taxes. I’ve always paid infinitely more than my “fair share” (which is zero). I’ve paid loads of taxes. While I don’t agree in principle with taxes, I comply with the law, and I take any deductions that my CPA can find. When the “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP)…

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