Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I knew she was a terrible writer, but I had no idea she lacked taste in music

"Rand called her doctrine "Objectivism," and it eventually expanded well beyond politics and economics to psychology, culture, science (she considered the entire field of physics "corrupt"), and sundry other fields. Objectivism was premised on the absolute centrality of logic to all human endeavors. Emotion and taste had no place. When Rand condemned a piece of literature, art, or music (she favored Romantic Russian melodies from her youth and detested Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms), her followers adopted the judgment."

http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/wealthcare-0

"Wealthcare" - Jonathan Chait

(quote is on page 2)

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Start practicing NOW!

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Summers going fast -- Nights growing colder...


Children growing up --
Old friends growing older
Experience slips away...