by Jason Stotts ACLU Sues Prosecutor Over ‘Sexting’ Child Porn Charges I think that many prosecutors around the country are being ridiculous in their application of “child pornography laws” to issues where a teen has taken a picture of herself and sent it to one of her friends. The original justification for these laws was [...]
Welcome to the March 26, 2009 edition of objectivist round up! This is the first time Erosophia has hosted and we’re really excited to be hosting this week. For those of you who do not know, Objectivism is the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. When asked one time to explain it as quickly as she could, [...]
by Jason Stotts The pivotal essays for the Objectivist position on taxation are “Man’s Rights,” “The Nature of Government”, and “Government Financing in a Free Society”, all of which can be found in The Virtue of Selfishness. In these essays the Objectivist position is clear: each individual person has inalienable rights from his nature and [...]
by Jason Stotts I love Wal-Mart. They have pretty much everything I need and at a price I can afford. While I was at Wal-Mart today I noticed a new campaign they have out: “Happy Everyday!” I think that this is a really life-affirming ideal and the kind of thing that we should all incorporate [...]
by Panoply “Panoply thinks you should read Atlas Shrugged before it comes true.” Automatically Generated Related Posts:No Related Posts
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science Automatically Generated Related Posts:No Related Posts
by Jason Stotts Recently I was reminded that there are still eco-fascist idiots who believe that animals have full rights equivalent (or greater than) people. This, of course, annoys me to no end. Rights are a moral concept that are the result of our specific human nature. Rights are a product of our rationality and [...]
by Jason Stotts For those of you who don’t know, M. and I are getting married this summer. Part of the process of preparing for our wedding involves having to write a new kind of ceremony and vows that are consistent with our philosophic principles and atheism. While working on these things I was reminded [...]
by Jason Stotts [link] There are some things that are so tragic it is hard to even speak of them. This is one of those cases. Near Cincinnati an 18 year old girl, Jessica Logan, has hanged herself. Why? Well, she was in love with a boy and send him nude pictures of herself. After [...]
by Jason Stotts I want to announce my support for the grassroots “Tea Parties” springing up across the country in opposition to the rise of Socialism under Comrade Obama. Since I have not been able to actively participate in the demonstrations, I thought that I would put up some possible signs here that people could [...]
