How To Celebrate Ayn Rand’s Birthday
To celebrate Randsday, you do something not done on any other holiday: you give yourself a present.
If You Are Warm Right Now, Thank Capitalism
Last night the temperature fell 3 degrees an hour. As I write this, it is negative 10 degrees outside. A “once in a generation” polar vortex has swept into the American Midwest from the Arctic. I am lucky to be alive. It would take me just a couple of hours to die...
The Joy of Football: The Super Bowl Offers a Too-Rare Celebration of Goal-Achievement
The essential value of spectator sports lies in their capacity to illustrate, in a dramatic way, the process of human goal-achievement.
How To Be Profitable and Moral In 2019
Self-interest rests on what human flourishing requires: adhering to reality in one’s thinking and action by the means of observation and logic
Making Resolutions Outlast January
Why do people make promises to themselves they don’t keep?
What is the Meaning of New Year’s?
Your life is in your own hands.
Lying: What Do You Gain?
Lying is motivated by the mistaken belief that one can actually gain a value by telling a lie, to deceive others (or oneself).
Self-Made Men (1875)
Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
The Lure of Baseball
Watching sports satisfies a vital human need.
Speed Up by Slowing Down
Speed up confusing, bogged-down tasks by slowing down your thinking.
