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Song of the Day #1889

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November 26, 2021

Song of the Day: Morning Delight, words and music by Nerio Poggi, is performed by Papik (featuring Frankie Lovecchio). Hopefully, after a day and night of excess eating, you’ve got a little ‘morning delight‘ rather than a need for TUMS! From the 2014 album, “Sounds for the Open Road” [YouTube…
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Culture, Music, Remembrance

Song of the Day #1888

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November 25, 2021

Song of the Day: Thankful features the words and music of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, and Kelly Clarkson, who sings this song with a jolt of soul. It is the title track from Clarkson’s 2003 debut album. This song expresses the kind of thanks you feel…
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Culture, Dialectics, Fiscal Policy, Periodicals, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies, Sexuality

DWR (2): Hayek as Democratic Socialist?

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November 23, 2021

Les Leopold has a Common Dreams essay entitled “Was Frederick [sic] Hayek a Bernie Sanders Socialist?” that checks off the many areas in which Friedrich A. Hayek favored social welfare “safety net” protections that are on a par with the policies advocated by many “progressives” today. My friend Ryan Neugebauer…
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Periodicals, Rand Studies

JARS: New December 2021 Issue is a Blockbuster!

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November 14, 2021

The December 2021 issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Volume 21, Number 2) is in production and it’s a blockbuster! First and foremost, the issue is dedicated to the memory of Advisory Board member and JARS contributor, the late Steven Horwitz. It also introduces four new Advisory Board…
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Education, Personal, Religion, Remembrance

Uncle Nick, Godfather: RIP

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November 14, 2021

On Thursday, November 11, 2021, my Uncle Nick Michalopoulos died at the age of 91, after several years of battling serious health issues. He was my mother’s brother. My relationship with Uncle Nick was blessed quite literally from the very beginning. As my godfather, he held me in his arms…
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Culture, Periodicals, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

A New Translation of Zamyatin’s “We” …

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November 13, 2021

There is an interesting review of a new Bela Shayevich translation of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the Silver Age dystopian novel that is said to have influenced both George Orwell‘s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand‘s Anthem. (For a fine discussion of the possible impact of We on Anthem, see especially…
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Culture, Personal, Politics (Theory, History, Now)

Coronavirus (35): The ABCs — Authority, Boosters, and Caregiving

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November 10, 2021

Since March 14, 2020, I have written 34 installments for my “Coronavirus” series. My last installment on August 21, 2021, “Coronavirus (34): ‘Virtue Signaling’ vs. Doing the Right Thing,” provoked over 200 reacts and nearly 100 comments, as people debated whether I was “virtue signaling” for having adopted a Facebook…
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Austrian Economics, Culture, Dialectics, Education, Pedagogy, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Rand Studies

DWR (1): Take What You Want and Move the F&*K On!

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November 7, 2021

This is a Facebook post from my friend Ryan Neugebauer (part of what I’m calling my DWR or “Dialogues with Ryan” series). I’m reposting it here because I’ve been thinking the same thing for a long time, given my experiences on social media. From Ryan: I’ve noticed that there are…
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Culture, Film / TV / Theater Review

Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “Halloween” (X)

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October 31, 2021

The tenth and final installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments”, is from, what else? … the original John Carpenter-directed and scored 1978 film, “Halloween,” starring “Scream Queen” Jamie Lee Curtis. A fitting way to wish all of you a Happy Halloween! The…
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Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “The City of the Dead” (aka “Horror Hotel”) (IX)

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October 30, 2021

It’s Halloween weekend and time for the ninth installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments.” It’s a scene from a little 1960 film that is a sentimental favorite; it gave me the creeps when I first saw it on my black and white…
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