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You think the FDA is a benign bureaucracy? See here regarding its massive destruction of American lives via its regulations on producers of Covid vaccines.  But the FDA’s dictates disrupt and destroy more than the production and distribution of vaccines. They also ensure that catsup makers use the “correct” amount of lemon juice in their…

Homicide is the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another. There are four types: capital murder, murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide. War, by contrast, involves the legally sanctioned killing of a country’s enemies. But what do we call bureaucratic, government-sanctioned killing of a country’s own citizens? As our “protector,” the Food and…

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…

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…

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

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…

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….

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…

[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…

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….