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Atlas Shrugged – Part 5 of ?
tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com —
Authority: 139
Sorry for such a long delay in getting back to this. Been a bit busy with real life. Any way, this post takes us to when Dagny Taggart is riding on the Taggart Comet, the “premier” train in the country. She falls asleep while the train is moving and wakes up when it’s stopped. Why did it stop? ...1 day ago -
Atlas Shrugged – Part 5 of ?
Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate —
Authority: 436
Sorry for such a long delay in getting back to this. Been a bit busy with real life. Any way, this post takes us to when Dagny Taggart is riding on the Taggart Comet, the “premier” train in the country. She falls asleep while the train is moving and wakes up when it’s stopped. Why did it stop? ...1 day ago -
Meet Pearl: The Real Howard Roark
Wall St. Cheat Sheet —
Authority: 649
The United States has had a perverted perspective on Ayn Rand’s epic characters. They have been explained as capitalist heroes whose selfish pursuits reached the level of nobility. However, looking specifically at the famous protagonist in The Fountainhead, Howard Roark, I see a person who transcends capitalism. ...1 day ago -
Who Got You to Where You Are?
JVBlogger —
Authority: 119
One man lives in a trailer park. He is an obese, unhealthy smoker who seldom reads books of any value and spends most of his time playing computer games and whining about the government, upon which he relies for his income. Another lives in a nice home, provides for his family, loves his work, develops his mind, ...6 days ago -
Atlas Shrugged – Part 4 of ?
tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com —
Authority: 139
Okay, here’s where we’re at in Atlas Shrugged. Let me lay out what’s going on to bring you up to speed: Dagny Taggart was running the oldest, cheapest equipment on the Rio Norte line. Why? Because she didn’t want to lose too much money when the Mexican government nationalized the line and seized ...1 week ago -
Atlas Shrugged – Part 4 of ?
Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate —
Authority: 436
Okay, here’s where we’re at in Atlas Shrugged. Let me lay out what’s going on to bring you up to speed: Dagny Taggart was running the oldest, cheapest equipment on the Rio Norte line. Why? Because she didn’t want to lose too much money when the Mexican government nationalized the line and seized ...1 week ago -
Ayn Rand
Capital is Scarce —
Authority: 124
Apparently Angelina Jolie is set to star as Dagny Taggart. I think I can live with that. :) This project has been talked about for a long time. I hope it happens and I hope they do it right as this will be a very difficult adaptation to film. Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead1 week ago -
WWVB -- Colbert on Rand
Get the Flick —
Authority: 134
You’ve got to see it. WWVB posted the perfect video for the Robert Poole/Ayn Rand lovefest . It’s Stephen Colbert doing a “ The Word ” segment on Ayn Rand. CONSIGNING AYN RAND TO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY In “ The Word ” segment, look for the comment about actually making it through the book (Atlas ...1 week ago -
The Rise of the Artist.. or, Ayn Rand’s Music Industry
BlogSounds —
Authority: 104
This graph is from a recent entry over at the Times Labs Blog called “ Do music artists fare better in a world with with illegal file-sharing? “ “This is the graph the record industry doesn’t want you to see… The most immediate revelation, of course, is that at some point next year revenues from gigs ...1 week ago -
Book Review: "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government —
Authority: 574
There are few figures in the American libertarian movement that gave rise to as much controversy or passion as Ayn Rand. Love her or hate her, it’s hard to find a libertarian who doesn’t have an opinion about the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged . For many of us, she was the one who lit the ...1 week ago -
Altas Shrugged Part #3 of ?
tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com —
Authority: 139
Okay, here’s a question for you. Let me set the stage. Dagny and her brother James are in her office and they are arguing over the service levels that are currently in place on the Rio Norte Line (their railroad that runs down into Mexico). Dagny had cut service levels, was running one passenger train ...2 weeks ago -
Socialism and Cuckoo Eggs: A Scary Parallel
JVBlogger —
Authority: 119
Watching Richard Attenborough’s “Life of Birds” on PBS last night, I saw a striking example of nature’s socialist counterpart – the Cuckoo. There are so many parallels, and the analogy clearly describes the win/lose basis of socialism. Nest Intrusion Female European Cuckoos lay their eggs only in the nests ...2 weeks ago -
Who’s Your John Galt?
The Contrarian —
Authority: 133
I swear to you, I did not write the following piece — it literally showed up in my inbox this morning. That said, it’s too good NOT to publish. This item is apparently a response to rumors that Ayn Rand ‘ s capitalist comic book Atlas Shrugged will soon be transformed into a big-budget motion picture. ...2 weeks ago -
Altas Shrugged Part #3 of ?
Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate —
Authority: 436
Okay, here’s a question for you. Let me set the stage. Dagny and her brother James are in her office and they are arguing over the service levels that are currently in place on the Rio Norte Line (their railroad that runs down into Mexico). Dagny had cut service levels, was running one passenger train ...2 weeks ago -
The Las Vegas Children’s Book Festival
Gently Hew Stone —
Authority: 126
Yesterday, for the second year in a row, my wife and I took the kids to the annual Children’s Book Festival, sponsored by Target and part of the city’s larger Vegas Valley Book Festival. We agreed that out of all the local events we go to, this is our favorite. It’s held in the beautiful Centennial Plaza, ...2 weeks ago -
Barack Obama, a Black Man, is Now the Most Grotesque Slave Owner in History
Blue Collar Muse —
Authority: 599
Readers who liked this post also enjoyed: ACORN’s 15 State Strategy for Voter Fraud The Bailout in Layman’s Terms Exposing Obama/Democrat Ties to Financial Crisis America is Lucky to Have Democrats …2 weeks ago -
Atlas Resurgent: An Interview With Ayn Rand Biographer Jennifer Burns
Pajamas Media —
Authority: 794
(Want to download instead of streaming? Click here to download this 18 minute long interview. Or click here to download the lo-fi edition.)Taken from the November 7th edition of Pajamas Media.com’s PJM Political on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio’s POTUS Channel, Ed Driscoll interviews Jennifer Burns, assistant ...2 weeks ago -
Atlas Shrugged – Part 2 of ?
tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com —
Authority: 139
As the “narrator” is “introducing” Dagny Taggart, he says something that I believe is very important about her….. “She did the work long before she got the title.” He was talking about how she made her way through the various jobs she had at Taggart Transcontinental. But think about it, how many ...2 weeks ago -
On Dedications
Book Case —
Authority: 118
Dedications. Those small, quiet lines at the front of the book that give the reader a brief flash of insight into the world of the writer rather than that of the story. A note of thanks to a lover, friend, relative or mysterious initialed associate, “The dedication of the novel is the most personal and [...]Related ...2 weeks ago -
Atlas Shrugged – Part 2 of ?
Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate —
Authority: 436
As the “narrator” is “introducing” Dagny Taggart, he says something that I believe is very important about her….. “She did the work long before she got the title.” He was talking about how she made her way through the various jobs she had at Taggart Transcontinental. But think about it, how many ...2 weeks ago
