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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…

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….

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…

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…

Capitalism is under a massive attack today from Sanders, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Harris, and our new President, Joe Biden, who writes: It’s way past time we put an end to the idea of shareholder capitalism—the idea that the only responsibility a corporation has is with its shareholders. That’s simply not true. That’s an absolute farce. They…

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.