Category: Philosophy
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Male Prostitution Now Legal in Nevada
by Jason Stotts (Source: Wiki-Commons) So apparently even though prostitution has been legal in certain Nevada counties since the 70’s, it has only been female prostitution up until this point. However, this is about to change with the hiring of the first male prostitute at a brothel in Nevada. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting…
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Just In: New York Still Hates Gays
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that the New York state Senate voted down a measure today that would have allowed gay marriage in the state. This comes after the bill had already passed their house and had support from their governor. Those opposing the bill are citing the fact that in states that have…
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Shermer on Rand
by Jason Stotts The latest op-ed out on Ayn Rand is now by Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic Magazine. His understanding of Rand seems to be better than some of the others and you can tell that he has a personal affinity for Objectivism. Check it out: “The Real Rogue Warrior: Ayn Rand, not Sarah…
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Say Justice
by Jason Stotts In case you haven’t seen it yet, Craig Biddle of The Objective Standard has a really nice little essay up about “saying grace” at Thanksgiving dinner called: “Don’t Say Grace, Say Justice.“ One thing I’d like to point out to my more rational readers is that if your family still doesn’t know that…
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Climategate?
by Jason Stotts The Telegraph (UK) is reporting that a hacker has broken into the computers at Hadley CRU and has taken confidential data that allegedly shows that the team at Hadley doctored the evidence in favor of anthropogenic global warming and tried to keep skeptics from publishing papers to the contrary. I can’t wait…
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Health Care Rankings
by Jason Stotts Amidst all of the calls for healthcare “reform” (i.e. Federal take-over), you frequently hear people say that the quality of care in the US lags behind many other countries. A recent Wall Street Journal article begs to differ. The article points out that the study on which the ranking is based is…
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On Marijuana
By Jason Stotts As many of you know, I’ve recently moved to the People’s State of California. There is much that I like about the state so far, like the weather, and much that I dislike about the state so far, like the state government. One of the few things that I do approve of,…
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the August 6, 2009 edition of Objectivist round up. Objectivism is the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. She defined it, most eloquently, as a “philosophy for living on Earth.” In that spirit, we present this week’s round up. —————————————- Deb Ross presents What you get if you ask posted at Mariposario, saying, “An aspect…