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One of the seminal events in my life was reading Atlas Shrugged. To my mind, Objectivism is the only rational modus operandi for the human race. What is interesting in this 1959 interview is how little Mike Wallace understood — or chose not to understand — of what Ayn Rand was actually
Hard to believe how close we are to the end of life as we know it. I knew that madness had made inroads during the global-warming debate, but I never imagined how deep the intellectual rot had progressed. The emergency is real
How does this craziness get created? Why is no one standing up to the Politburo's five-year plan? How did this happen so quickly — and why don't I stand up? The response-plan document
A little skin in the game could change everything. End qualified immunity for politicians
Even with the incredible carnage in a few states (all clustered around New York), the overall death rate in the USA at the time was reported at 101 percent of expected. Check out the link. CDC provisional death counts
Even for older people. The preprint
The sheeple are the problem. The idiocracy experiment
A good article. A bit depressing, but ultimately hopeful. A nation of true believers
A long, generous letter from a friend, shared here in full on the original site. It reflects on one of the greatest human needs — to be heard — and on the impossibility of ranking one person's pain against another's. The heart of it: until we can hear
The witch hunt has no shame, to the point of putting people at risk. I did not vote for the guy, but this white-hot hatred is not healthy — no pun intended. Top medical journals raise concerns
They are in my favorite-links tab. (My note at the time: the ice at both poles is most definitely not melting.)