Winners of the Atlas Shrugged Video Contest To Be Announced Jan 13th!
John Stossel will announce the winners of the Atlas Shrugged Video Contest on his show on the Fox Business Network on January 13, 2011. Sponsored by the Ayn Rand Institute, videos will be judged on their intellectual strength, creativity and persuasiveness. Grand Prize: $5,000; winning video posted on the Atlas Shrugged website!Q&A: Is the TSA at airports overstepping its bounds?
"The whole department of Home Security is an outrage..." -- Leonard PeikoffListen to the rest.Richard Salsman @ Forbes: A Golden Decade Of Government Failure
The past decade was “golden” for investors — but only for those who actually held gold and avoided such typically touted holdings as stocks or bonds. Even as finance professors kept insisting that investors “hold stocks for the long run,” one could observe gold’s price increasing by 410%, while U.S. stock prices declined 10%. More amazing perhaps, especially for today’s stock-obsessed advisors, gold has registered gains for ten consecutive years — a performance consistency that U.S. stocks have never achieved.The only way to have prepared oneself to benefit from this decade-long golden performance was to distrust government’s more invasive role in the economy — a premise as rare today as gold itself. Most policymakers, economists, investment advisors and journalists applaud a larger government role in the economy, which is one reason that Keynes — who rationalized statist policies — has made a comeback after being discredited in the prior three decades.Read the rest...Event: Summer Conference 2011 at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
Every summer The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism hosts a three-day conference for undergraduate and graduate students. Students attend lectures, participate in small group discussions, and have free time to discuss and debate the ideas presented in the formal sessions. Throughout the three days of sessions, students have ample opportunity to speak one-on-0ne with faculty and ask them questions in a more informal setting. The summer conferences, held on the campus of Clemson University, provide a unique opportunity for students to study with leading professors from around the country, to meet top students from around the world, and to study capitalism in a challenging, engaging environment.The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism is pleased to accept applications for its fourth annual summer conference for college students. We invite you to join us for an exciting three-day program of lectures, seminars, and discussions. Students will arrive on May 26th and depart on May 30th, with the main event running on May 27th through May 29th.Exciting Programs: Students will participate in an intensive and exciting program exploring the moral foundations of capitalism and Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. Students will attend lectures, participate in small-group seminar-style discussions, and question and answer sessions. Outside of class, students can relax and socialize on Clemson’s campus. Evening activities will include a barbecue dinner, a meet and greet with the faculty, and a career advice discussion.Full Scholarships: All admitted students will receive a full scholarship, including reimbursement of travel expenses up to $500. All housing and meals will be provided on the campus of Clemson University, and reading materials will be providedInsight into the Logical Leap
Physicist David Harriman has started an online site where he gives insight into his excellent book, "The Logical Leap." Sample articles include:- The Logical Leap Goes to College
- Is the Discovery Process “Linear” or “Spiral”?
- Free Falling with Galileo
- Is My Account of History “Unconventional”?