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What is the motive of a FAU’s professor’s demand that students “stomp on Jesus” ? Nihilism #tcot #tlot #jcot


Ayn Rand ‘s: The Fountainhead Toohey …..”One does not reverence with a giggle”…. Envy/Hatred of the Good for Being the Good — Ayn Rand Lexicon http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/envy-hatred_of_the_good_for_being_the_good.html …..” Today, we live in the Age of Envy. “Envy” is not the emotion I have in mind, but it is the clearest manifestation of an emotion that has remained … Continue reading

DEBATE: Dinesh D’Souza vs. Andrew Bernstein Objectivist Bernstein & Christian Apologist D’Souza to debate in Austin Texas on Feb 8


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Ayn Rand and #freespeech


Free Speech — Ayn Rand Lexicon http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/free_speech.html The Objectivist Calendar, June 1978 …”The communists and the Nazis are merely two variants of the same evil notion: collectivism. But both should be free to speak—evil ideas are dangerous only by default of men advocating better ideas. ”… “The Cashing -In: The Student ‘Rebellion,’” Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, … Continue reading

“You propose to establish a social order based on the following tenets: that you’re incompetent to run your own life, but competent to run the lives of others… #tcot #teaparty #tlot


Atlas Shrugged – Wikiquote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged John Galt “You propose to establish a social order based on the following tenets: that you’re incompetent to run your own life, but competent to run the lives of others — that you’re unfit to exist in freedom, but fit to become an omnipotent ruler — that you’re unable to … Continue reading

Exitus Roma,a Agora -like Short film about a Woman’s flight from a fallen Rome #aynrand #tlot


…”Watch for an excellent short film in the coming weeks by Fawaz Al -Matrouk. The story concerns a young woman trying to escape fallen Rome with something of value. ”… ”if you like movies with ideas and action in which something serious is at stake, such as the similarly -themed Agora by Alejandro Amenabar , … Continue reading

Lisa Vandamme on the dangers of Christian Classical Education.


RRD:I wish to preface my excerpt of Ms.VanDamme’s piece,with these statements. (Her article is quite long,and valuable for its methodological critique of Secular Classical Education in addition to the parts excerpted below,I urge you to read the whole thing). I believe that parents have the right to give their children a Christian Classical Education,a secular … Continue reading