Quoting Nicholas Provenzo at the Capitalism Center’s Rule of Reason blog: I missed this when it first came out, but Caspar Weinberger praises William F. Buckley and attacks Ayn Rand at Forbes: Getting It Right–by William F. Buckley Jr. (Regnery,...
The NY Times has a well-written article on Adam Wildavsky, who “says he has found the elusive secret to bridge success — and it’s all between the covers of Atlas Shrugged.” Here is my favorite quote from the piece: Ivatury, meanwhile, is a...
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service–it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one’s country means that a man is personally...
New Romanticist: Who is Stephen Siek? Stephen Siek: I still consider myself primarily a pianist, and I think this is essential for anyone who desires to achieve the full range of musical expression possible at the instrument. The physical skill demanded to interpret...
New Romanticist: Who is Dina Schein? Dina Schein : I will be getting my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas in the fall. My dissertation is on the topic of egoism. I was a member of the first graduating class of the Objectivist Graduate Center of the Ayn...
New Romanticist: Who is Tore Boeckmann? Tore Boeckmann:I’m a Norwegian fiction writer. I’ve wanted to write novels since I was a kid, but until now the results haven’t been good enough to publish, although I’ve sold a few dozen short stories....
New Romanticist: Who is Shoshana Milgram? Shoshana Milgram: I’m a teacher-scholar in the field of literature, based at Virginia Tech since 1978. In my courses and publications—on such writers as Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoevsky, E. L. Voynich, and Ayn...