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Solidarity versus charity

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Wed, 2012-10-24 15:27

You probably have all heard of this stupid anti-Atlas study.

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Isn't sharing of material and — by Leonid on Wed, 2012-10-24 15:54

US policy is 'anti-Islam'? I wish

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Tue, 2012-09-18 13:39

Courtesy of the Henry Jackson society:

http://henryjacksonsociety.org...

Some highlights of US policy:

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Doug... — by Marcus on Wed, 2012-09-19 10:11
Excellent — by Doug Bandler on Wed, 2012-09-19 04:21

Capitalist Internationalism, part 4: What is to be done

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Mon, 2012-09-10 18:14

In this post, I use the word "should". Rest assured, I have made no concessions to altruism or the idea of duty.


Capitalist Internationalism, Part 3: The Left's Discards

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Fri, 2012-09-07 07:54

Have you ever had the following experience? You are listening to a Left Winger, and you find him tough-minded, making a good case, courageous... then you set your watch, and next thing you know he is denounced as a "right winger".

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Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about that — by Hugo Schmidt on Tue, 2012-09-11 12:49
One grenade? — by Craig Ceely on Tue, 2012-09-11 04:30
Could not agree more — by Hugo Schmidt on Mon, 2012-09-10 18:22

Capitalist Internationalism and How Objectivist Victory Will Become Inevitable.

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Thu, 2012-08-30 21:44

This is a follow on on my previous post. I should like to start this with a story.

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Why? — by Marcus on Fri, 2012-09-07 09:03
Just clicked... — by Hugo Schmidt on Fri, 2012-09-07 08:06
I am getting a little tired of this — by Hugo Schmidt on Thu, 2012-09-06 12:02

RIP Neil Armstrong

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Sun, 2012-08-26 06:04

This hurts worse than I'd have thought. I grew up in his legend.

Phil Plait hits the nail on the head:

http://blogs.discovermagazine....

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Science vs. Philosophy — by Kyrel Zantonavitch on Mon, 2012-08-27 09:02
"Man belongs wherever he wants to go" — by Craig Ceely on Sun, 2012-08-26 12:26
"We came in peace" — by gregster on Sun, 2012-08-26 10:15

Ayn Rand in India and the Rise of Capitalist Internationalism

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Wed, 2012-08-22 16:47

Love this piece:

http://india.nydailynews.com/n...

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This just came up... — by Marcus on Thu, 2012-08-30 12:42
Happy ending — by Hugo Schmidt on Fri, 2012-08-24 18:56
Hugo... — by Craig Ceely on Fri, 2012-08-24 14:03

More scientific base to Objectivism

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Submitted by Hugo Schmidt on Thu, 2010-11-11 21:55

Another story from Science about how daydreaming and happiness are inversely correlated, and how maintaining a full-on focus on the real world, regardless of how unpleasant it might be, is the surest

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My conception is that — by Rick Giles on Mon, 2010-11-15 04:32
Re Schmidt — by AristotlesAdvance on Sat, 2010-11-13 03:08
You have — by gregster on Fri, 2010-11-12 04:36

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