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Continue reading →: JARS: 2023 Grand Finale Files Submitted!
I am absolutely delighted to report that this afternoon, I submitted to Pennsylvania State University Press the final manuscript for the final double issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. I will keep folks in suspense as to the full Table of Contents, which I will announce in mid-2023.…
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Continue reading →: Ski & Me: Counting Our Blessings
During the week of November 8, 2020, my sister began to experience difficulty standing and walking. She went to see an orthopedic specialist to no avail. By November 12th, she was clearly not feeling well at all. And so I called 911. Accustomed to being a Super Woman, she refused…
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Continue reading →: JARS: New December 2022 Issue!
As I announced on September 6, 2022, The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies will be publishing its grand finale in 2023 as a double issue. We are working very hard right now to complete the submission of the full slate of articles toward that end—an elegant conclusion to our 2+…
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Continue reading →: Sharon Presley (1943-2022), RIP
My dear friend, Ellen Young, announced today that Sharon Presley, lifelong libertarian feminist writer and activist, died on Monday, October 31, 2022, at the age of 79. Her partner Art—who has had his own share of health challenges—was able to be there to say goodbye to her. Sharon had been…
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Continue reading →: Happy Halloween!!!
No matter how crazy life is, Ski embraces every holiday! #GoFundSki Bwaaahahahaha! Check out comments on Facebook here and here.
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Continue reading →: Anne Conover Heller, RIP
I was very saddened to learn this morning that my dear friend and colleague, magazine editor and journalist Anne Conover Heller, passed away on October 10, 2022. We had been in touch over the summer, and I knew she had been battling cancer. She lost that battle at the age…
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Continue reading →: #GoFundSki !!!
Nearly two years ago, in November 2020, my sister, Elizabeth Sciabarra—“Ms. Ski” to her students—nearly died. She has gone through agonizing hell for two years now, through surgeries and crippling illness. By October 2021, near death again, she was placed on in-home palliative care, under the assumption that she would…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1968
Song of the Day: Star Walkin’ (League of Legends World Anthem) features the words and music of a host of writers, including Lil Nas X. The song was released last month for the esport 2022 League of Legends World Championship, but its been played during baseball’s postseason on ESPN as…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1967
Song of the Day: Loser, words and music by Charlie Puth and Jacob Kasher Hindlin, was released today along with Puth’s third studio album, “Charlie“. The album has an ’80s throwback groove, as Perfect Pitch Puth provides some emotionally raw content of unrequited love and loss. Rolling Stone praises the…
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Continue reading →: Commitment! 62 For Judge!
9/29/2022: Started wearing; Yankees day off. 9/30/2022: Orioles beat Yanks, 2-1; two full days and μηδέν (that’s Greek for “zero”). 10/1/2022: Yanks beat Orioles, 8-0; three full days and nada. 10/2/2022: Orioles beat Yanks, 3-1; four full days and zippo. 10/3/2022: Yanks beat Rangers, 3-1; five days and nothin’. 10/4/2022…
