| Type | Title | Author | Date |
| Article | Generosity and Self-Interest | David Kelley | 1/7/2005 |
| Description: People give directions to strangers, contribute to charities, volunteer in hospitals, and send food and supplies to earthquake victims. Why? |
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| Article | Charles Tomlinson Led a Wonderful Life | William Perry | 1/1/2005 |
| Description: Charles Tomlinson, a long-time supporter of The Objectivist Center, died on December 28, 2004, after living an excellent life.
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| Article | What Is So Wrong about Being Wrong? | Charles Tomlinson | 1/1/2005 |
| Description: Being wrong is a human condition, not a cosmic judgment. |
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| FrontReport | Whom Should We Thank | Roger Donway | 11/22/2004 |
| Description: Whom should we thank on Thanksgiving? All of those who, down through the centuries, have advanced civilization by means of their productive achievements. For it is they who allow us to live in the luxuriant world of the twenty-first century. |
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| Center News | Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire | | 11/1/2004 |
| Description: Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire |
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| Center News | Objectivist Group Visits Scotland | | 11/1/2004 |
| Description: The traveling Objectivists took their annual trip in October, touring Scotland. Twenty-five Objectivists visited castles, lochs (lakes, in American parlance), universities, shops, and other tourist attractions. |
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| Center News | Sightings, October 2004 | | 10/1/2004 |
| Description: Bidinotto Watch, Ideas in Iraq, Contribution reminder, Postmodernism book published, Camp Indecon update |
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| Center News | At the Center | | 10/1/2004 |
| Description: Staff News |
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| Center News | Andrew Bissell Interns at the Center | | 9/1/2004 |
| Description: An interview with Andrew Bissell, the Center's 2004 summer intern. |
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| Center News | A Great Week in Vancouver | | 9/1/2004 |
| Description: The Objectivist Center held its Fifteenth Annual Summer Seminar in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 3rd -10th. The event featured a stellar program, the yearly gathering of Objectivists, and an abundance of events. Throughout the week, participants enjoyed the beauty of the area, intellectual stimulation, and the company of like-minded individualists. |
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| Article | Starting and Sustaining An Objectivist Discussion Group | Jackie Hazelton | 7/30/2004 |
| Description: This talk describes how we did set up a new a group, how we have kept the group alive for four and a half years, and what I've learned from the many Objectivist groups in which I have been involved. |
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| Center News | Sightings July/August 2004 | | 7/1/2004 |
| Description: Dr. Brian Simpson will present courses in economics based on the works of Ayn Rand and George Reisman. |
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| Article | The Arizona Objectivists Achieve Success | | 6/1/2004 |
| Description: The Arizona Objectivists: a case study of a successful discussion group. |
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| Miscellaneous | Sightings, June 2004 | | 6/1/2004 |
| Description: Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation is published; Center Member tours with Disney; Journal of Ayn Rand Studies issues call for papers. |
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| Center News | Setzer leads two Florida groups | | 5/1/2004 |
| Description: Luther "Luke" Setzer runs two different Objectivist groups in the central Florida area. The first is Space Coast Objectivism Promoters and Explorers (SCOPE). The second is the Objectivist Club at the University of Central Florida (OCUCF) group. |
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| Center News | Chicago Objectivists Love Enright's Salon | | 4/1/2004 |
| Description: Marsha Enright’s New Intellectual Forum in Chicago is one of the most successful Objectivist salons in the country. |
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| Center News | Objectivist History to be Preserved in a New Video Series | | 2/1/2004 |
| Description: First hand accounts of the birth and development of Objectivism will be permanently preserved on video thanks to an ambitious new venture, The Objectivist History Project. The Objectivist Center has formed an agreement with television producer Duncan Scott to conduct videotape interviews with key individuals who worked with Ayn Rand in the development of Objectivism. |
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| Center News | Sightings, December 2003 | | 12/1/2003 |
| Description: Stephen Cox; The Atlasphere; Objectivist Yellow Pages |
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| Article | Is High Self-Esteem Bad for You? | Robert Campbell Walter Foddis | 8/1/2003 |
| Description: Recent studies that denigrate the value of self-esteem rely upon methodologies that fail to distinguish between genuine self-esteem and narcissism. |
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| Op-ed | A Moment Before Dying | Jim Peron | 7/19/2002 |
| Description: An ode to the goodness of humanity. |
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| Article | The Dying of the Light | Richard Speer | 3/31/2002 |
| Description: After September 11, many Americans began to think more seriously about their own mortality. Richard Speer decided to find out how Objectivists in particular faced the issue of death. |
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| Op-ed | Finding a personal response to the terrorist attacks | Shawn E. Klein | 10/9/2001 |
| Description: Finding a personal response to the terrorist attacks
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| Commentary | Self-Judgment Days | Shawn E. Klein | 9/1/2001 |
| Description: Shawn E. Klein argues that the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (September 18th and 27th this year) fulfill rational needs that Objectivists should find ways of fulfilling in their own lives; the need for ritual and remembrance, the need for moral self-evaluation, and the need to seek forgiveness and make reparations. |
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| Interview | Speakers Bureau Interview: David Mayer | | 6/1/2000 |
| Description: An Interview with David Mayer. |
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| Interview | Speakers Bureau Interview: John Bechtel | | 4/1/2000 |
| Description: Interview with John Bechtel. |
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| Interview | Speakers Bureau Interview: Stephen Hicks | | 3/1/2000 |
| Description: Interview with Stephen Hicks. |
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| Review | Chicken Soup for the Objectivist Soul? | Roger Donway | 2/1/2000 |
| Description: A brief review of the "Chicken Soup" line of books. |
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| Article | Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype | Roger Donway | 2/1/2000 |
| Description: An article celebrating the achievements of inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin. |
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| Review | Self-Help: Egotists and Egoists | Roger Donway | 12/1/1999 |
| Description: While a lot of the self-help movement is garbage, a substantial segment of the movement is genuinely concerned to help people improve their personal efficacy and sense of self-worth. Roger Donway reviews three works that are more or less egoistic in their orientation. |
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| Article | The Habit of Hope | Marsha Enright | 12/1/1999 |
| Description: An excerpt from Marsha Enright's lecture The Habit of Hope. |
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| Article | A Peripatetic Career | Patricia Speer | 10/1/1999 |
| Description: A consideration of Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett Packard |
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| Interview | Satisfying the Soul: An Interview with Michael Newberry | | 9/1/1999 |
| Description: An interview with painter Michael Newberry. |
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| Perspectives | Hope | David Kelley | 1/1/1999 |
| Description: A philosophical defense of hope and its expression in Ayn Rand's novels |
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| Article | Treasure Hunting for Children's Books | Mary Heinking | 1/1/1999 |
| Description: Mary Heinking, who schools her seven-year-old daughter at home, sets forth five criteria by which to choose books for the young, shows how to apply these criteria, and specifically mentions several dozen recommended books. |
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| Article | Engineers and Integrity | Gordon Stubley | 10/1/1998 |
| Description: Gordon Stubley, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, relates how skills such as innovation and management, as well as the virtue of integrity, are all required by the successful engineer. |
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| Review | Sleepers, Awake! | Carolyn Ray | 6/1/1998 |
| Description: A review of The Art of Living Consciously: The Power of Awareness to Transform Everyday Life by Nathaniel Branden |
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| Interview | How to Run an Objectivist Salon | | 5/1/1998 |
| Description: Marsha Enright explains the success of the New Intellectual Forum, a Chicago-area Objectivist discussion group, and provides insights and advice to those interested in starting their own local group. |
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| Excerpt | Objectivism in the Classroom | Susan Dawn Wake | 10/1/1997 |
| Description: The following is an excerpt from a talk given at the 1997 Summer
Seminar in which she describes her experiences as an Objectivist professor. |
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| Article | I Don't Have To | David Kelley | 4/1/1996 |
| Description: A focus on one's heirarchy of values and choices, shows how much choice we really do have in our lives. |
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| Excerpt | Objectivism Down Under | Lindsay Perigo | 2/1/1996 |
| Description: Excerpts from a speech given by Lindsay Perigo at the 1995 Meeting of Minds conference where he discusses Objectivism in New Zealand. |
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| Audio | The Value-Seeking Personality | Robert James Bidinotto | |
Description: Audio Excerpt. Mr. Bidinotto offers an inspiring and often poignant personal account of what it means, psychologically and ethically, to be value-focused in our work, in our love, and in our social interactions.
Buy the audiotape at The Objectivism Store |
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| Audio | Organized Individualism: Building the Objectivist Community | Robert James Bidinotto | |
Description: Audio Excerpt. Mr. Bidinotto offers practical ideas for creating an Objectivist "community of values" now.
Buy the audiotape at The Objectivism Store |
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| Audio | On Loving One's Life | Nathaniel Branden | |
Description: Audio excerpt. Inherent in the Objectivist ethics is a vision of human beings who are deeply passionate about their lives. This is the dominant characteristic of the heroes and heroines of Ayn Rand's novels, who exemplify the Objectivist ethics and sense of life, in action. Citing Rand and examples from his own life and work, Dr. Branden shows how the Objectivist vision abounds with affirmations to loving one's life, which are grounded in a dedication to values—to the value of life itself, and to the values that make up life and make it worth living.
Buy the CD at The Objectivism Store |
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