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Atlas Shrugged and the California Wildfires

on March 29th, 2025 by admin

It will be 3 months since the California wildfires. After looking at the chaos, and this recent news report, I couldn’t help but think about Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s seminal novel. I reviewed the book here. Looking at the wholesale destruction of people’s homes, livelihoods, and lives, one can’t help but think that California lives […]

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Pandemics and the Totalitarian Impulse

on January 17th, 2021 by admin

I will not beat around the bush.  2020 was a horrible year, and I am glad it has ended.  2020 laid bare the destructiveness of an out-of-control government, and a degraded culture.  Point blank, we are in serious trouble.  My biggest concern was for my mother who had a serious health crisis.  I wanted to […]

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Atlas Shrugged, “Going Galt”, and Tax Day Tea Parties

on April 14th, 2009 by admin

I’ve noticed the references to Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged for the past month.  Americans are very concerned with growing government involvement in the private economy.  The Obama administration has made it obvious his distain for wealth and the profit motive.  He took the unbelievable step in firing the CEO of General Motors.  Now the president […]

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