Tag Archives: Ayn Rand

Not an Emergency, but a Suicide Attempt

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jim

Are our current economic problems an emergency? Politicians in both parties have said so and claimed that we have to abandon principles, act for the sake of action, and when those actions fail we must blindly act again. In The … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Political Discussions, Quotes | Tagged Aristotle, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, orgy of sacrifice, Socrates | 4 Comments

Our Racist Public Schools

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Jim

While Democrats are quick on the trigger with fallacious rhetorical partisan charges of racism against critics of President Obama, their silence is deafening when it comes to actually racist government policies. Previously, I mentioned the Obama Administration filing a petition … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, President, Quotes | Tagged Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Bob McDonnell, corruption, equal protection of the law, Fisher v. University of Texas, George W. Bush, public schools, racism, The Cartel | 1 Comment

Question #3: Why Write about Libertarians and Gary Johnson?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Jim

So far, more than 40% of the posts to Selfish Citizenship have been tied to either Libertarians or Gary Johnson, so the following question is relevant: Why are you writing so much about Libertarians and Gary Johnson? There are two … Continue reading →

Posted in Questions, Quotes | Tagged anarchy, Ayn Rand, Gary Johnson, Harry Binswanger, lexicon, Libertarian, Peter Schwartz, Philosophy Who Needs It, The Objectivist, The Objectivist Forum, Voice of Reason | 1 Comment

Question #2: Flame wars, why has our political debate become so nasty?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Jim

The following question has been popping up a lot recently, and it relates to the prior post on Angry Libertarians: Why has our political discourse become so uncivil? The idea that we should do something has been popularly replaced with … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions, Questions, Quotes | Tagged America polarized, Ayn Rand, civil, civil society, coercion, free association, Individual Rights, initiation of force, majoritarianism, political correctness, political debate, political discourse, political discussion, privacy, problems in our government, proper government, retaliatory force, rhetoric, tyranny, uncivil, voluntary | 1 Comment

Our Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Jim

On this Independence Day, consider the virtue of independence in your own personal life. Great American, and Russia-born, author Ayn Rand expressed the essence of independence at such a personal level, when she wrote in For the New Intellectual: “Independence … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes | Tagged Ayn Rand, Benicio del Toro, Declaration of Independence, Edward Norton, Graham Greene, Independence, Individual Rights, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Ming-Na, Renee Zellweger, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Virtue, Whoopi Goldberg, Winona Ryder | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Ayn Rand

Not an Emergency, but a Suicide Attempt

Our Racist Public Schools

Question #3: Why Write about Libertarians and Gary Johnson?

Question #2: Flame wars, why has our political debate become so nasty?

Our Declaration of Independence

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