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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2042
Song of the Day: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, composed by Florence Beatrice Price, was first performed in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frederick Stock. It’s a truly wonderful four-movement composition that won First Prize in the Rodman Wanamaker Competition. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price…
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Continue reading →: Sciabarra Holiday Rituals Prevail!
I want to extend my best wishes to those who are celebrating Passover, Ramadan, and Western Easter this weekend—and next weekend, to those who will be celebrating Eastern Orthodox Easter! There have been some dramatic changes in my household, as many of you know … but one thing never changes.…
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Continue reading →: JARS Grand Finale Debuts on Project Muse
The 2023 grand finale of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies has now made its debut on Project Muse. This double issue constitutes the final volume in our 2+ decades of publication. For those who don’t have access to the Scholarly Publishing Collective, or a print subscription, check out JARS…
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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra: A Celebration of Life
In honor of my sister. Register here for the event on May 6, 2023.
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Continue reading →: DWR (10): Free Will vs. Determinism: A Dialectical Path Forward?
One of the topics that makes my brain squirm is the issue of free will. I consider myself neither an expert nor even a truly qualified interlocutor on this topic. So much has been said from every perspective over the course of centuries on this issue, and in the light…
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Continue reading →: JARS: 2023 Grand Finale Live!
The grand finale volume to The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies went live today on the site of the Scholarly Publishing Collective. Check it out here. The Introduction to the issue is Open Access. Unlike the print edition, the e-platform version is the only one with full-color images! The 2023…
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Continue reading →: Elizabeth Sciabarra Tribute at BTHS Homecoming
This was presented on Day 1 of the Brooklyn Tech Homecoming … in honor of my sister. It brought tears to my eyes. I miss her so much. Thanks to Iris Cumberbatch for recording this and putting it on Facebook (video link).
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Continue reading →: Ryan Takes on 83 For Truth
My friend Ryan Neugebauer took on “83 for Truth” in this traveling video. As he writes in his preface to “Did 83 For Truth Convert Me to Christianity?“: I called the 83 For Truth hotline in the United States (833-678-7884). I tried to speak in terms of things they could…
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Continue reading →: DWR (9): Woke Warriors and Anti-Woke Crusaders: The Ominous Parallels
This Notablog post is another installment in my ongoing “Dialogues with Ryan” series, an index to which can be found here. Ryan Neugebauer is a very dear friend. I recently highlighted his wonderful interview on The Enragés [YouTube link]. In considering the topic at hand of “Woke” and “Anti-Woke”, let…
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Continue reading →: JARS: The 2023 Grand Finale Arrives!
I am delighted to announce the publication of a special blockbuster 2023 double issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies that constitutes the final volume in our twenty-three-year history. As I write in the introduction to this very special issue: In 2020, when JARS celebrated its twentieth anniversary, I…
