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by Warren Ross Following the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, medical science advanced at a pace inconceivable even a few centuries before. For ten thousand years, so little was known about a rational scientific methodology, and about the human body, that medicine was mired in superstition and ignorance. Until the time of ancient Greece, it […] Reviewed by Warren Ross It is ironic for an Objectivist to be recommending a movie made in one of the most mystical countries on earth, and which contains a lengthy religious scene. But “Lagaan” is a fundamentally this-worldly movie whose focus is a struggle over important values. “Lagaan” means “tax.” “Lagaan” is the story of […] by Warren Ross There is a lot of confusion about the nature of Islam, and the extent to which it is the religion itself, as opposed to an “extremist” wing of it, that breeds terrorism. In my analysis of President Bush’s terrorism speech, I argued that Islam deserves its share of the blame. Here I […] by Warren Ross I highly recommend the movie October Sky. This is a drama about whether a young boy will escape from the rural mining town he grows up in and achieve his goals, or whether he will be trapped there by birth and circumstance. After Sputnik goes up in 1957, the boy, Homer, becomes […] by Warren Ross “Horatio Alger hero” is a common phrase in America, referring to the person who achieves success by his own effort in the face of great obstacles. Over 100 books with such heroes were written by Horatio Alger (1834-1899), whose stories of boys overcoming poverty were widely read in the 19th century. Yet […] by Brian Phillips One hundred and twenty years ago the American West was a vast, open area brimming with natural resources and opportunity. Cow towns and mining camps sprung up across the landscape. From around the world, millions of people flocked to the Western territories with the hope of making a better life for […] by Warren Ross Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood Edited by Patricia LeChevalier Atlantean Press, 1993, 356 pages Are you looking for inspiration? Do you sometimes ask: “How can I refuel myself?” For those pursuing productive goals, there are few, if any, books written today that concretize the struggle for values and the virtues required to […] |
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