Individualism Archive
Are you a right-wing extremist?
Drudge has had two headlines today that are just delicious together.
First, we learn that the Department of Homeland Security has sent out a nine-page document warning local law enforcement officers that the economic recession, the ...
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John Galt is smiling
The allusions to Atlas Shrugged in the mainstream media are just getting better and better. From the new Bloomberg article "Obama Needs AIG’s Liddy, Not Other Way Around," by Caroline Baum:
The hero of Ayn ...
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Mudita Forum is now at Google Groups
March 18, 2009 · Category: Buddhism, Eckhart Tolle, FLOW, Individualism, Integral, Intellectual, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mudita Forum, Objectivism, Witness Consciousness
Check out the new Mudita Forum, if you think you might be interested.
The purpose of Mudita Forum is to provide a stimulating, thoughtful environment for discussing Eastern consciousness-raising practices — such as meditation, mindfulness, and ...
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Now you’ve heard of Adam Shepard
I enjoyed reading Charles Platt's expose of what it's really like to work at Wal-Mart -- lack of unions and all.
At the end comes this gem:
If you haven’t heard of Adam Shepard ... His remarkable ...
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Sage insights about the “ownership society” and how it relates to the financial crisis
I've been a late-comer to the Volokh Conspiracy party -- I remember hearing its name for many years and skimming many posts before realizing why it was such a big deal, and worth reading regularly ...
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The Socratic method in education
I enjoyed this interview with Michael Strong on Socratic Practice in education. The interviewer, by the way, is from the same Francisco Marroquin University that we noted recently at the Atlasphere, for their pro-freedom ...
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When we no longer need our illusions
I had a dream recently where I went down a rabbit hole and found a people true to themselves.
I wrote down the dream, and one day may share it here. In the interim, here's ...
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Best Buy leading the world in workday flexibility
I am fascinated by what Best Buy has done:
[W]hen Hance participates in a morning teleconference with his co-workers or in-house clients, he sometimes is calling in via cell phone from his fishing boat on a ...
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Abraham Lincoln: We all declare for liberty...
May 3, 2008 · Category: Individualism, Politics
This quote from Abraham Lincoln does an excellent job of distilling the difference between "negative" and "positive" rights, and the implications of each:
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word, we do ...
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Michael Strong: Give charter schools a chance
I've been talking some lately with Flow CEO Michael Strong, who (together with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey) is doing some excellent work with explaining free market principles to folks with liberal-ish ideals.
Today ...
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