While I was a sophomore in high school in 2003, I decided at the beginning of the school year that I would try to complete my year's reading obligations in one or two large novels, rather than several short books as I had done the previous year. I skimmed over the library's bookshelves looking for… Continue reading How Atlas Shrugged changed my life
In February 2017 a Virginia judge ordered five vandal teenagers to read a list of 35 books as a form of punishment. Additionally they were ordered to visit museums and watch movies with their parents. This crosses the line into forced indoctrination. The teenagers had spray painted a historic school house for black children with… Continue reading Sentencing criminals to read specific books is forced indoctrination
Time and time again left-leaning political commentators will bash author and philosopher Ayn Rand for her use of the word "selfish" in her work. They will never enlighten their audiences about the different interpretations of Rand's use of the term, and will rely on surface-oriented interpretation to use Rand as a stepping stone in their… Continue reading How I interpret Rand’s concept of the word “selfish”
