Stefan Hickson was freshening up at the health spa and about to leave. He had just showered and dressed, and felt great. Hickson very much believed in self-improvement.

"Namaste, Stef!"

The song “When Matter Touches Antimatter” will be performed in Minneapolis and in Chicago by two different opera companies, and, I assume, recordings will be available eventually.

My son showed me last night - the take off - and as posted here the landing.

I was utterly jubilant - hopeful - joyous and WANTED TO BE PART OF IT.

Galt bless South Africans!

Amy Peikoff on Twitter:

NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Music by Beethoven, Elgar and Dvorak.
Conducted by Guy Noble, with Matthias Balzat (cello).
Michael Fowler Centre, February 3.

Preposterously precocious and horrendously handsome cellist Matthias Balzat comprehensively stole the show the other night at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan!

From the archives:

Was Ayn Rand Wrong on Reagan?
By Edward Hudgins

February 6, 2017 -- Hardcore anti-Communist Ayn Rand was, to the surprise of many who did not live through those days, not a fan of hardcore anti-Communist Ronald Reagan.

"Pretty much as close to technically perfect as you can be."

Hot contemporary tenor Joseph Calleja describes one of his most illustrious predecessors, Mario Lanza, in this way in the 2017 Screenbound Pictures documentary, Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything.

By Olivia Pierson
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America never was 'a nation of immigrants.'
Neither was New Zealand, nor Australia, nor any other Western nation.

We are nations of citizens - and citizens flourish under laws which are designed to preserve our natural rights as a free people.

Just heard that a song of mine will be performed on March 11 in Minneapolis! (The song was premiered in Austin and is slated for a Chicago performance.)

Rodney,

Ed wrote this yesterday - very good piece about his take on Trump's magnificent SOTU speech.

"The Democratic side of the house played dead."

Here are 8 recently published books I plan on reading this year.

1. Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life.

By Olivia Pierson
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If ever there lived a personification of the worst aspects of our post-modern culture, it is genderqueer Professor of Physics, A.W Peet, who left NZ’s shores and now thankfully resides in Toronto. Apologies O Canada! (Though you probably deserve it.)

By Olivia Pierson
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One could be forgiven for nearly falling off the chair with laughter after reading NZ media outlet 'Stuff's' sappy little identity-politics piece by Ms. Mahvash Ali, titled, "I grew up under a pregnant prime minister; she was a role model and an inspiration."

I corrected a fallacious statement on Objectivist morality by Obleftivist leader Yaron Brook in his facebook page comment section.

He says:

Notwithstanding my bitter disagreement with Amy Peikoff over her slavish support for Obleftivism, ARISIS and Bwook the Cwook, I was very impressed by Amy's acquittal of herself on Tucker Carlson Tonight today. Of course, I'd love to eliminate her juvenile quacking and upward-inflecting, but her sentiments were magnificent.

Murder of the "Good" due to Democracy, Immigrants etc -- in as backward country as India because the basic principles involved are the same

South Korea and Japan are financially rich and scientifically advanced nations. So are Germany, Britain, France, and many others in Europe.

After Trump called five news outlets “the enemy of the American people” Senator Jeff Flake delivered an anti-Trump speech Wednesday January 17.

Today the Ayn Rand Institute tweeted:

Currently, Yaron Brook is chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). He recently stepped down as ARI's CEO, who is now Jim Brown. Despite this change, Brook still remains the public face of ARI and is its most well-known and traveled figure.

NEW VIDEO: Lombardy: WHITE RACE AT RISK !?!?

By Olivia Pierson
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How utterly ironic that when receiving the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, Oprah Winfrey opened her speech with these race-based words:

I recently came across this video clip from a much longer discussion from June 2017. It's a discussion on threats to free speech.

Virtually none of the greatest geniuses on the planet today know absolutely anything about politics. And they are so profoundly ignorant that they entirely don't know that they don't know it.

Really, there's no narcissistic God complex to be seen here. Or, a complete lack of self-awareness on Bwook's part.

In “Yaron’s News Briefing” Episode 13 of 4 January 2018 Mr. Brook takes Trump to task for threatening to sue the publisher of Bannon’s tell all book for libel if they go through with it. Mr.

New on ARI Watch:  Killing Europe

Interesting news, Yawon Bwook has moved to Puerto Rico. Apparently, his new tax haven is on the upper floor of a condo. Also, I've heard that he's keeping his gated fortress in California.

Here is a video of the world premiere of my song “To Venus and Mars,” which bears a decidedly Objectivist influence (it contains my first recorded applause!):