Upholding Western Civilization

Looks like it's up to the Objectivists:

. . . between the Christian traditionalists and the modern pseudo-secular subjectivists, there is no one in the mainstream of our culture who is capable of defending the real Enlightenment-era foundations of our civilization. If the pope won't do it and leftist intellectuals won't do it—then I guess we're going to have to do it ourselves.
("Is the Left Secular?" - TIA Daily, September 18th)

Unbox me, Amazon!

Amazon.com has a new video download service: they have the original STAR TREK! They have the original TWILIGHT ZONE! They have FIREFLY! I may faint!

The Silence of Ayn Rand’s Critics

"In terms of moral character and integrity, Rand stood head and shoulders above other celebrated intellectuals, who are not run down personally in conversations about their ideas, whether they be Picasso, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, or even Karl Marx. It is no doubt antipathy for Rand’s ideas that has led many of her critics to latch on to the Brandens’ portraits with such avid interest, but it is also a fact that Rand claimed to live by her principles. The mendacity of the Brandens has therefore done more than harm Rand the person—it attacks the most basic claim of her philosophy by suggesting that Objectivism is no more practicable than any other clever subjectivist philosophy. Therefore, the revelation that the Brandens lied about such things reveals a malice not just toward Rand but toward Objectivism itself."

Excerpt. Read the full essay at http://www.solopassion.com/node/11

The Capitalist Manifesto

Got my copy of Andrew Bernstein's Capitalist Manifesto today & my reaction to what little I've had a chance to read so far is "DAMN! What an adventure story!"

Which is fitting since one of the things Bernstein mentions is the origin of the word entrepreneur, which, when it first appeared, was often translated as "adventurer"! And what an adventure the story of the people who built Western Civilization is!

One thing is clear to me already, however, and that is that the story of Capitalism is the story of the unshackling of Man's mind.

Midnight!

Just found out the Harkin will be showing Miami Vice next Thursday at midnight!

I'M THERE!!!!!

Waiting for Miami Vice

Well, here I am, about a week away from the opening of Miami Vice - Brokeback Mountain and Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest have come & gone - & I'm feeling a thrill of anticipation the likes of which I haven't felt about an upcoming movie in a loooooong time!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!

I visited the updated site for Miami Vice and I was impressed with the way it managed to immerse me in the film in a way that no movie site has ever done before.

www.miamivice.com