Month: January 2012
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SoCal Objectivist Lecture
by Jason Stotts For anyone who is in the Southern California area and who wants to hear me speak, I’ll be giving a live lecture in two weeks, on Saturday February 11th, in Riverside California. Details can be found at www.SoCalObjectivists.com.
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
by Jason Stotts Welcome to the January 26, 2012 edition of the Objectivist Round Up and the 17th time Erosophia has hosted! Today’s quote is from Jean-Baptiste Say: Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? If you have never read Say, he is worth reading and is a clear…
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The Big Bad Wolf
by Jason Stotts This video is just…the most…disturbing…interesting…strange…nsfw?…video ever. I’m sorry I’m showing it to you, you will not be able to unwatch. I warned you. I’m so sorry I did that to you, I hope you can forgive me in time.
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Minimum Wage Laws
by Jason Stotts This short video does a very good job of explaining the problem of minimum wage laws. One problem that it does not address is this: let’s say under market conditions you employ 100 low-level workers each for $1 per day. In order to rectify this “social injustice” a minimum wage law is…
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The Logical Necessity of the Oxford Comma
by Jason Stotts I detest when people don’t use the “Oxford Comma,” which, sadly, is no longer used even by Oxford. For those who don’t know, it’s the last comma in a set before the “and.” Let’s say you want to talk about three separate things, you would write it thus: A, B, and C.…
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Reminder: SoCal Objectivists Meeting #5
by Jason Stotts One final reminder that the next meeting of the SoCal Objectivists is Saturday! The meeting is at 7:30pm at the China Palace Restaurant (13444 Newport Ave, Tustin, CA 92780). We’re hosting Alex Epstein, former Ayn Rand Institute fellow and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, for a Q&A on Objectivism and his work on Energy. Please…
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More CollegeHumor Goodness
by Jason Stotts I just recently got done watching the Battlestar Galactica series and while some of it was really interesting, it was overshadowed by way too much religion and mysticism driving the plot (in fact that’s all that drives the plot). This video sums up how I feel about BSG: This video “Why Sex…
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Presidential Candidates and Liberty
by Jason Stotts As the caucuses (cauci?) and debates heat up, it is important to look through the political rhetoric and to remember to think in principles. To that end I want to suggest that people take a look at the ACLU’s “Campaign Report Card,” where they rank each of the Republican and Libertarian candidates…