Howard Roark would be proud

Friday, June 20th, 2008

From the Wall Street Journal, a story that could come right out of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead: ...tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina and are still living in federally owned trailers will be forced to find a new place to live. After nearly three years, ...

Letter to Ayn Rand wins prize

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Some good news for today, as reported by the Free State Project and the Atlasphere.

Ayn Rand Centenary

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005

To observe the 100th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's birth, Alex and I attended a lecture by John Stossel at the University of Denver. Stossel is a hero of mine that I have now met. And he signed a poster I helped design for a Campus Libertarians event a ...

Bathroom etiquette, entrapment

Thursday, January 16th, 2003

It happened again: I"m in the bathroom in the Engineering Center, and this guy sitting in the stall next to me is talking on his cell phone! As George Costanza has said: "We live in a society!" So I'm thinking "Is it rude to flush?". How ...

Flaming Lips, Father’s Day, Work, Flow

Thursday, June 20th, 2002

I've been listening to a lot of The Flaming Lips lately. Good stuff, more produced that the other music I listen to, but it's worth it. One of the songs I heard first on 88.5 WXPN FM in Philadelphia, probably the best radio station I've ever heard. This was when ...