Archive for July, 2011

Vacation

July 25, 2011

by Jason Stotts I’m going to be on vacation in Colorado with the wife and her family for the next 10 days or so and we’re going to be staying at a cabin in the mountains where internet and even cell reception is scarce.  During that time I’ll be taking a vacation from blogging as [...]

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Didn’t go to ATLOSCon?

July 24, 2011

by Jason Stotts The organizers of ATLOSCon would like to know why you didn’t attend, if you didn’t.  They’re asking that you please take their short survey so that they can learn more about what people want in a regional Objectivist conference.  The survey is short and you’ll be helping to make ATLOSCon better for [...]

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Christian Terrorism in Norway

July 24, 2011

by Jason Stotts I think all too often we think that the only religion we have to worry about is Islam and its penchant for killing infidels and women.  Well, any belief system that is based on the irrationality of faith poses a threat to human life and just because they’ve been docile for many [...]

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No More “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

July 23, 2011

by Jason Stotts One oft he very few things that I think Obama has done right since he’s been in office is to work to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy of discriminating against non-heterosexuals in the military.  Yesterday, he officially signed the certification that will completely end DADT in 60 days. [...]

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Formspring: When is Sex Appropriate?

July 18, 2011

by Jason Stotts I’ve received another question from Formspring, this one about when it’s appropriate to have sex. When is it an appropriate time in a relationship to have sex? How do you know when one should? I have very little experience in this arena (I’m a 20 year old male in college), and don’t [...]

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Bisexual Invisibility and Coming Out Bi

July 17, 2011

by Jason Stotts In a recent column, Dan Savage argues that more bisexuals should come out of the closet so that they can be out in the open as part of society and can live their lives with integrity as who they really are.  I fully agree with Dan about this point.  All too many [...]

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Sex Tips #11: Adapt and Overcome

July 16, 2011

by Jason Stotts When we were young and imagined what sex might be like some day, I’m sure we all imagined that it would go perfectly. That things would just magically happen and everything would just work. However, those of us who have had sex before know that sometimes things don’t go as planned. Sometimes [...]

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Polyamory is Wrong!

July 14, 2011

by Jason Stotts I saw this come across the twitter earlier today (via @kellyelmore79) and several people were kind enough to forward it to me as well. I think it’s one of the best things I’ve seen in awhile. I share this etymological worry myself.  As I said in “On Polysexuality“: What I am interested in analyzing [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

July 13, 2011

by Jason Stotts I think the idea of “too much of a good thing” being bad is nonsense and it is based on an incorrect understanding of “good”. For Objectivism, for something to be “good,” it must promote the life of the agent. Good, for Objectivism, is not intrinsic, or by divine decree, or some [...]

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Second Annual Objective Standard Essay Contest

July 12, 2011

by Jason Stotts The Objective Standard is once again holding an essay contest on Atlas Shrugged.  Don’t miss out on a good opprotunity for fortune and fame, all through merely putting your pen to paper. ———————— http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/Essay/ In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand dramatizes the principle that “there are no conflicts of interest among rational men, men [...]

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