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by Warren Ross By all their expectations, the Democrats did not have to even get to the current point of having to steal the Presidential election by subjective recounting. They had everything in the bag in Florida. They had planned and then executed the most massive voter registration campaign in history. They had armies of […] by Warren Ross Of all the discussions surrounding the recent close presidential election, the one that should be of most concern to those who value freedom is the proposal to modify our form of government to directly elect the president by popular vote. Repeated appeals to the “will of the people” on the part of […] by Warren Ross It has been frequently observed, both in the larger Objectivist community and by members of HOS, that sports represents an area in our culture still dominated by rational values – admiration for achievement, striving for excellence, discipline to achieve important goals. Less attention has been paid to the specific commentary that accompanies […] by Warren Ross See if you can integrate the following seemingly disparate concretes: The movie Jurassic Park The latest death in the Kennedy clan The movie Forrest Gump El Niño If what unites them is not immediately obvious, let’s start by reviewing the essentials of each item. In the movie Jurassic Park, man’s attempts to […] |
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Anatomy of a Smear: “Urban Sprawl”
by Warren Ross
“Urban sprawl” is a smear for geographical expansiveness of a city. It includes an evaluation as well as a description. The word “sprawl” is the giveaway – it connotes ugly spreading out. This begs the question: Ugly to whom and by what standard? Most Objectivists will see this as a smear and […]