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Kelley Lectures at the University of Arizona
TOC Founder, David Kelley Lectures at the University of Arizona.
Date: 4/1/2005
 
Hudgins Gets the Word Out
Edward Hudgins is busy speaking about freedom and individualsim.
Date: 4/1/2005
 
Eugene Holloway Joins the Center
Eugene Holloway Joins the Center as director of operations.
Date: 4/1/2005
 
We've Moved
The Center has moved to Washington, D.C..
Date: 4/1/2005
 
Sighitngs, April/May 2005
Neil DeRosa writes about Science, Robert Bidinotto speaks in Montana
Date: 4/1/2005
 
Rand Centenary in D.C.
TOC holds a celebration of the Ayn Rand Centenary in D.C.
Date: 3/1/2005
 
Ayn on the Air
Radio and newspaper appearances for the Center
Date: 3/1/2005
 
The Center at CPAC and the Presidential Classroom
The Center mkaes an appearance at CPAC and the in the Presidential Classroom
Date: 3/1/2005
 
New York City Centenary Bash
The New York City Centenary Bash.
Date: 3/1/2005
 
Summer Seminar Will Have Exciting Program
The 2005 Summer Seminar!
Date: 1/1/2005
 
2005 Advanced Seminar and Graduate Seminar
Announcement about the 2005 Advanced Seminar
Date: 1/1/2005
 
Fighting for Doctors' Freedom
Edward Hudgins, incoming executive director of The Objectivist Center, was recently on the front lines of the battle of productive individuals versus wealth appropriators.
Date: 1/1/2005
 
Graduate Scholarships Available
Graduate Scholarships Available
Date: 1/1/2005
 
Why Support Graduate Students?
Why Support Graduate Students?
Date: 1/1/2005
 
Sightings, January/February 2005
Ed Snider is recognized by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Date: 1/1/2005
 
Tellin Leaves Bequest to the Center
Tellin Leaves Bequest to the Center
Date: 1/1/2005
 
New York Fall Conference Succeeds
A recap of the Center's Fall conference.
Date: 12/1/2004
 
Rand the Writer Celebrated in New Book
TOC publishes The Literary Art of Ayn Rand.
Date: 12/1/2004
 
The Objectivist Center to Move to DC
The Objectivist Center to Move to DC -- Edward Hudgins to be Executive Director.
Date: 12/1/2004
 
Center Loses a Great Friend
Charles Tomlinson -- In Memoriam
Date: 12/1/2004
 
Board of Trustees Changes
Board of Trustees Changes
Date: 12/1/2004
 
Center Holds First Teleseminar
A recap of the Center's first teleseminar.
Date: 12/1/2004
 
Sightings, November 2004
Private Property, Harry Potter, and David Kelley in Bulgarian
Date: 11/1/2004
 
Hudgins Tells Postal Service Privatize!
Edward Hudgins spoke on October 21 at a conference held by the inspector general of the U.S. Postal Service.
Date: 11/1/2004
 
Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire
Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire
Date: 11/1/2004
 
Objectivist Group Visits Scotland
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.
Date: 11/1/2004
 
Debating the Ideas Behind the War on Iraq and Terrorism
Synopsis of the October 22, 2004 conference: "Lessons from the Iraq War: Reconciling Liberty and Security."
Date: 11/1/2004
 
Sightings, October 2004
Bidinotto Watch, Ideas in Iraq, Contribution reminder, Postmodernism book published, Camp Indecon update
Date: 10/1/2004
 
Center Hosts First Graduate Seminar
Center Hosts First Graduate Seminar
Date: 10/1/2004
 
At the Center
Staff News
Date: 10/1/2004
 
Hudgins Communicates Ethics
Ed Hudgins speaks at Atlas Economic Conference
Date: 10/1/2004
 
A Great Week in Vancouver
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.
Date: 9/1/2004
 
Andrew Bissell Interns at the Center
An interview with Andrew Bissell, the Center's 2004 summer intern.
Date: 9/1/2004
 
Hudgins Debates a Subjectivist
Edward Hudgins debates a subjectivist at The Institute for Humane Studies.
Date: 9/1/2004
 
Sightings, September 2004
Christopher Robinson receives his Ph.D. in cognitive science.
Date: 9/1/2004
 
About Fundraising Letters
Why do you get letters from TOC asking for money?
Date: 7/1/2004
 
Explaining Postmodernism published!
Stephen Hicks’s book Explaining Postmodernism, written while a senior fellow at The Objectivist Center, has been published by Scholargy. The book traces postmodernism from its roots in Rousseau and Kant through its current adherents, such as Foucault and Rorty.
Date: 7/1/2004
 
Bringing Western Values to Capitol Hill
The Objectivist Center took the discussion about the basis of a free society where it is needed most: Capitol Hill. A star-studded lineup, including Christopher Hitchens and TOC executive director David Kelley, discussed “What Are Western Values and Should We Return to Them?”
Date: 7/1/2004
 
TOC Gives First Graduate Scholarships
The Objectivist Center awards graduate scholarships to Walter Foddis and Shawn Klein.
Date: 7/1/2004
 
Correction for March Issue
Correction to March Issue
Date: 7/1/2004
 
Sightings July/August 2004
Dr. Brian Simpson will present courses in economics based on the works of Ayn Rand and George Reisman.
Date: 7/1/2004
 
Sightings, June 2004
Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation is published; Center Member tours with Disney; Journal of Ayn Rand Studies issues call for papers.
Date: 6/1/2004
 
Martin Anderson meets Ed Hudgins
Martin Anderson, former advisor to President Reagan, meets with Ed Hudgins.
Date: 6/1/2004
 
Objectivism around the World
Objectivism and Ayn Rand in India, Italy, Mexico and Turkey!
Date: 6/1/2004
 
Objectivism from the Source
The Objectivist Center will hold a distance learning course from September 15 through December 1, 2004; learn about Objectivism from your home!
Date: 6/1/2004
 
The Arizona Objectivists Achieve Success
The Arizona Objectivists: a case study of a successful discussion group.
Date: 6/1/2004
 
Help the Center
Ways to shop and support TOC
Date: 5/1/2004
 
Setzer leads two Florida groups
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.
Date: 5/1/2004
 
Hudgins rips taxes
Edward Hudgins, director of TOC's Washington office, was active recently in his opposition to the current tax system.
Date: 5/1/2004
 
Las Vegas Conference on Values of Capitalism
The Objectivist Center held its 2004 Spring Conference on April 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme was "Values of Capitalism." The scene was the sumptuous Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
Date: 5/1/2004
 
Chicago Objectivists Love Enright's Salon
Marsha Enright’s New Intellectual Forum in Chicago is one of the most successful Objectivist salons in the country.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
Kelley Will Present Epistemology Paper at Advanced Seminar
A preview of the 6th annual Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
Hudgins At The Movies
Edward Hudgins' latest op-eds deal with some recent films: ''The Passion of Christ'' and ''The Barbarian Invasions''.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
Seminar Deadline Is June 14
June 14 is the registration deadline for the TOC Summer Seminar. This year’s seminar is being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from July 3 through 10.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
TOC Reprints Unrugged Individualism
The Objectivism Center has reprinted David Kelley’s Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
Sightings, April 2004
We The Living; Thor Halvorssen and FIRE; Stephen Hicks on Ayn Rand and Business Ethics.
Date: 4/1/2004
 
Ed Hudgins Reports from the Front, March 2004
The latest Reports from the Front--frequent comments on cultural and political matters--by Ed Hudgins, TOC Washington Director.
Date: 3/1/2004
 
Ed Hudgins Speaks on Space and More
A report on recent speaking events and op-eds by Ed Hudgins, TOC Washington Director.
Date: 3/1/2004
 
Sightings, March 2004
Stephen Hicks and David Mayer establish websites; Shawn Klein accepted into Ph.D; Camp Indecon at Woodland Park, Colorado, from July 17 through July 24, 2004; The Objectivist Travelers schedule tour of Scotland; new issue of Aristos; Anthem movie news; The Atlasphere
Date: 3/1/2004
 
William Perry Joins The Objectivist Center
The Objectivist Center has hired William E. Perry as director of community relations.
Date: 3/1/2004
 
Fifteenth Summer Seminar to Be Held in Vancouver
The foundation of the seminar is a strong program of fifty-eight lectures, presented by an outstanding faculty. The program includes major figures and scholars in the Objectivist movement, those fighting for economic and political freedom, and leaders of a new artistic renaissance.
Date: 2/1/2004
 
A 'Student Initiative' for 2004
2004 is "the year of the student initiative." New student programs: Graduate Scholarships; Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method, and Distance-Learning Seminar in Objectivism. Also, the Summer Internship returns.
Date: 2/1/2004
 
Objectivist History to be Preserved in a New Video Series
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.
Date: 2/1/2004
 
The Objectivist Center Holds Forum on Islam in America
Event report from the forum on Islam in America held in DC in November.
Date: 2/1/2004
 
Five Speakers Spark ''A Meeting of Minds''
On November 1, one hundred and thirty people attended The Objectivist Center’s one-day conference, “A Meeting of Minds,” held in New York City.
Date: 12/1/2003
 
A New Unrugged Individualism
Announcing the publication of a revised edition of David Kelley's seminal tract Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence.
Date: 12/1/2003
 
Hudgins Holds Conference on Postal Privatization
News from Ed Hudgins at the Washington Office
Date: 12/1/2003
 
Sightings, December 2003
Stephen Cox; The Atlasphere; Objectivist Yellow Pages
Date: 12/1/2003
 
Explore the TOC Web Site
The TOC web site and what it has to offer.
Date: 11/1/2003
 
Arrivals and Departures at TOC
Laura Baratta departs and Linda Bloomer and David Shetterly arrive.
Date: 11/1/2003
 
David Kelley, Stephen Hicks, and Michael Newberry Addresses Conference of New Art Foundation
The inaugural conference of the Foundation for the Advancement of Art, the mission of the organization is "to establish innovative representationalism as the alternative to postmodern art in the world's leading contemporary art museums."
Date: 11/1/2003
 
Ed Hudgins Visits East-Central Europe
Edward Hudgins visited Prague in the Czech Republic, Vienna in Austria, and Budapest in Hungary on a trip sponsored by the Center for First Principles and by several businesses.
Date: 11/1/2003
 
Sightings, October 2003
Logan Darrow Clements in the California race for Governor
Date: 10/1/2003
 
Frank Bubb Joins TOC Board
Frank W. Bubb, a founding contributor to The Objectivist Center and an active participant ever since, has joined the center's board of trustees
Date: 10/1/2003
 
August Advocacy Training in California
Senior Fellow William Thomas held an Effective Communication Workshop over the weekend of August 15-17 in Aptos, California.
Date: 10/1/2003
 
Ed Hudgins, Advocate
The advocacy work of Ed Hudgins, Washington Director of TOC
Date: 10/1/2003
 
TOC to Hold Fall Conference in Manhattan
The Objectivist Center will sponsor a one-day conference, "A Meeting of Minds," in New York City on Saturday, November 1.
Date: 10/1/2003
 
Advanced Seminar Studies Mind and Knowledge
The 2003 Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies was held June 25-27 at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. The theme of the seminar was mind and knowledge.
Date: 9/1/2003
 
Hudgins Explains Capitalism to Many Audiences
News from Ed Hudgins at the Washington Office
Date: 9/1/2003
 
TOC Promotion Seen by Thousands
TOC Promotion Seen by Thousands at FreeMarket.net
Date: 8/1/2003
 
TOC Web User-Sessions Reach New Heights
TOC Web User-Sessions Reach New Heights
Date: 8/1/2003
 
Activism at the D.C. Office
Ed Hudgins activities at the D.C. Office
Date: 8/1/2003
 
Ed Hudgins Reports from the Front
The director of TOC's Washington office has launched a new vehicle for spreading the center's ideas.
Date: 8/1/2003
 
Sightings, July-August 2003
Victor Niederhoffer; David Kelley teaches cognitive science at Vassar College; Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Ayn Rand fans
Date: 8/1/2003
 
At The Center: June 2003
Washington Office Is Hard at Work; George De Feis Departs
Date: 6/23/2003
 
July 3 Dinner to Honor TOC's Sponsors
The elegant tradition continues on the evening of Thursday, July 3, at the center's eleventh annual Sponsors Dinner, which will take place at the Bay Tower in Boston.
Date: 5/31/2003
 
Kelley Speaks in Arizona
In mid-March, Executive Director David Kelley gave two talks in Arizona: a speech on "What America Should Stand For" to an audience in Phoenix and a lecture on The Fountainhead to a class at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Date: 5/31/2003
 
Hudgins on NPR on space policy
Edward Hudgins, TOC's DC Director, will be a guest on the "Science Friday with Ira Flatow" on National Public Radio on Friday, May 30, to discuss space policy issues.
Date: 5/29/2003
 
Film Company to Bring ''Atlas Shrugged'' to the Screen
The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce that a new project to film Atlas Shrugged vhas just been launched. Crusader Entertainment, LLC, a Beverly Hills-based production company, announced on May 12 that it had acquired the film rights to Ayn Rand's great novel.
Date: 5/13/2003
 
Objectivism Is Out of This World
After the tragic destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, Dennis Tito, the first private citizen-explorer to pay his own way to space, called together an elite group of some forty experts, space advocates, and businessmen to consider the future of man in space.
Date: 4/30/2003
 
Last Call for Summer Seminar 03
The final deadlines for TOC's Summer Seminar 2003 are fast approaching. And don't forget that this year, for the first time, TOC is welcoming exhibitors to the seminar, to display their books, products, and services.
Date: 4/30/2003
 
Summer Seminar for Students
TOC's summer seminar is scheduled for June 28 through July 5, at Bentley College in Waltham, Masssachusetts, just outside of Boston. It welcomes participants of all ages and offers a wide variety of lectures, activities, and workshops.
Date: 3/31/2003
 
Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
Date: 3/31/2003
 
At the Center March 2003
The Objectivist Center begins the new year with a number of changes in its staff.
Date: 3/31/2003
 
Whither Libertarianism?
The full text of David Kelley's letter to Wall Street Journal on Libertarianism.
Date: 3/31/2003
 
TOC's Public Advocate in Action

Date: 3/31/2003
 
Fourteenth Annual TOC Summer Seminar
The Program of TOC's 2003 Summer Seminar
Date: 2/28/2003
 
Investing in the Future of Freedom

Date: 12/18/2002
 
De Feis Joins TOC as Chief Operating Officer
De Feis Joins TOC as Chief Operating Officer
Date: 12/18/2002
 
TOC's Outreach Efforts 12/02

Date: 12/18/2002
 
TOC Launches ''The Objectivism Store''

Date: 12/18/2002
 
Sightings, November/December 2002
Camp Indecon, ALEC, FIRE, IJ, Web Blogs
Date: 12/18/2002
 
TOC Sets Time and Place for 2003 Summer Seminar
The Objectivist Center will hold its fourteenth annual summer seminar at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, from Saturday June 28 to Saturday July 5, 2003.
Date: 12/18/2002
 
Summer Seminar T-Shirts Still Available
T-shirts from the summer seminar in Los Angeles are still available
Date: 8/30/2002
 
TOC's Outreach Efforts
Twenty times, in June and July, TOC staff members got out the Objectivist message via television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet. Ed Hudgins, the recently appointed director of The Objectivist Center’s Washington D.C. office, led the way with more than three-quarters of the center’s media appearances.
Date: 8/30/2002
 
The 2002 Advanced Seminar Surveys Topics in Many Fields
A comparison between the philosophies of David Hume and Ayn Rand constituted a major theme of TOC’s fourth annual Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies. Twenty-five students and scholars took part in the three-day meeting, which also saw discussions of art, ethics, and law.
Date: 8/30/2002
 
TOC Opens an Office in Washington D.C.
On June 5, TOC held a gala reception in the nation’s capital to celebrate the opening of its Washington office, headed by Ed Hudgins. Among the 170-plus people in attendance were members and staffers of TOC, two congressmen, several journalists, and representatives from many of the pro-capitalist think tanks that operate in and around Washington.
Date: 6/30/2002
 
All TOC, All the Time
Recent public advocacy activity: op-eds and radio appearances.
Date: 6/30/2002
 
Sightings, June 2002
Michelle F. Cohen, Andrew Stuttaford on Atheism, FIRE and The Koala.
Date: 6/30/2002
 
Job Announcement...COO
Job Announcement: Chief Operating Officer for The Objectivist Center
Date: 6/5/2002
 
August Speaking Workshop Announced
The Objectivist Center will hold its Effective Communication Workshop at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, August 9-11, 2002.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
All About Ayn Rand
In May, The Objectivist Center launched a new Web site: All About Ayn Rand.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
Center Honors Jamie Dorrian
Director of Administration Jamie Dorrian recently celebrated her tenth anniversary at The Objectivist Center.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
Summer Intern Chosen
The center has accepted Malini Kocchar as TOC's summer intern for 2002.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
Hudgins Brings TOC Media Visibility
New Washington director, Edward L. Hudgins, has been bringing greatly increased media attention to TOC and its views.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
TOC Hits the Jackpot in Las Vegas
TOC was a major presence at the Foundation for Economic Education’s first annual convention, held in Las Vegas. Drawing the most attention was a debate between David Kelley and conservative author Dinesh D’Souza concerning the moral basis of capitalism.
Date: 5/31/2002
 
A Busy Time for The Objectivist Center
This spring, staff members from The Objectivist Center will be traveling around the country -- attending conventions, sponsoring conferences, and even opening a branch office.
Date: 4/30/2002
 
A New Objectivism Course Goes on Sale
The Objectivism Store releases The Essence of Objectivism, a new introductory course on objectivism on Ayn Rand.
Date: 4/30/2002
 
Objectivism Online: Beginning and Advanced
Objectivist FAQs and the Logical Structure of Objectivism online.
Date: 4/30/2002
 
Ed Hudgins: Derail Amtrak
Hudgins spoke to congressional staffers about Amtrak reform.
Date: 4/30/2002
 
Advanced Seminar Presentations Are Published
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies publishes Advanced Seminar Presentations
Date: 4/30/2002
 
Sponsors Dinner
Each year, The Objectivist Center hosts a banquet for our most generous supporters. Held in conjunction with the summer seminar, the Sponsors Dinner brings together our sponsors, benefactors, patrons, trustees, advisors, and their guests to celebrate the center's progress and to hear about our future plans.
Date: 4/30/2002
 
TAS Releases Audio Recording of Anthem
TAS Releases Audio Recording of Anthem
Date: 3/21/2002
 
Seminars for Students
TOC encourages students interested in learning more about Objectivism to attend the center’s summer seminar this July at UCLA.
Date: 3/21/2002
 
At the Center, February 2002
David Kelley speaks to Junta and to Institute of Human Values in Health Care
Date: 2/28/2002
 
New TOC Web Site Design
After many months of work, TOC's Web site manager, Shawn Klein, recently unveiled the center's new Web design. The primary goal of the reworked design was to provide an attractive site that is easy to navigate and user-friendly. At the same time, TOC wished to add new contents and features, many of which will premiere later in the year.
Date: 2/28/2002
 
Edward Hudgins Joins TOC Staff to Open Washington Office
The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce that it has appointed Edward L. Hudgins to launch a new branch office in Washington, D. C. and to serve as a senior writer and spokesman.
Date: 2/15/2002
 
TOC launches New Website
A brief description of the new TOC website.
Date: 1/13/2002
 
TOC Promotes 'Objectivist Studies' Monographs
TOC Promotes 'Objectivist Studies' Monographs to university libraries
Date: 1/11/2002
 
What's New on the Web
What's New on the Web for January 2002
Date: 1/11/2002
 
What's New on the Web
What's New on the Web December 2001
Date: 12/1/2001
 
Last Chance for TOC Live! Tapes
Last Chance for TOC LIVE! Tapes from the 2001 Summer Seminar on Johnstown, PA.
Date: 12/1/2001
 
TOC Changes Brokers
Those who wish to donate stock to TOC should take note of this latest change.
Date: 12/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 11
Anti-Living Wage protests at Harvard
Date: 12/1/2001
 
Kelley Adresses Hartford Federalist Society
TOC’s executive director, David Kelley, recently delivered a talk at the Hartford, Connecticut, Federalist Society. His next major talk will be January 11–12 at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Date: 12/1/2001
 
Internship and Fellowship Application Information
The Objectivist Center offers summer internships and visiting fellowships for students, scholars, and activists to work on writing projects at our offices in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Date: 11/26/2001
 
Professor George Walsh -- In Memoriam
The Objectivist Center's staff has been saddened to learn of the death of Professor George Walsh, a trustee since the center's founding.
Date: 11/19/2001
 
Web Site Traffic Increases After Terror Attacks
Since the attack, the average grew to just above 2,000 daily user sessions, with almost half a dozen days reaching 2,500 user sessions or more.
Date: 11/1/2001
 
Reid Wientge Becomes TOC's Director of Development
A veteran of the financial services industry, Reid Wientge, has been hired to head up the center's fundraising efforts.
Date: 11/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 10
Aristos sets up web page for painter Jose Manuel Capuletti - one of Ayn Rand's favorite painters
Date: 11/1/2001
 
Objectivist Center Updates Moves to Yahoo! Groups
As of October, the center has switched to Yahoo! Groups as the provider for the Email Update Service.
Date: 11/1/2001
 
Navigator Web Special: Assault on Civilization
Within a few days of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, The Objectivist Center created a special Navigator Web section called "The Assault on Civilization.
Date: 11/1/2001
 
New Pamphlet Released on Rand's Political Thought
The Objectivism Store announces the publication of "Radical for Capitalism," a new introduction to the political theory of Ayn Rand by William Thomas.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
New Monograph Published in Objectivist Studies Series
Is Virtue Only a Means to Happiness? is the title of the latest Objectivist Studies monograph, now in print from The Objectivism Store
Date: 10/16/2001
 
Thomas Plans for Next ECW
For those interested in honing their ability to present Objectivist ideas in public, there is no better source of training than TOC's Effective Communication Workshop.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
That Perfect Gift?
As the holiday season approaches, marketing director Russell La Valle would like to remind all TOC members and supporters that Principal Source gift certificates are available and could be that perfect gift for anyone who loves reason, individualism, freedom, and achievement.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
Principal Source Prices Increase in New Catalog
Russell La Valle has announced that with this year's annual mail-order catalog—"Winter 2001-2002"—Principal Source will be raising prices on a number of its products.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
ECW Students Learn the Art of Public Speaking
William Thomas, David Kelley, and Susan McCloskey spent the weekend of August 3-5 at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, instructing seven promising advocates of Objectivism in the art of public speaking. This was the summer 2001 Effective Communication Workshop.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
TOC 'Fellow Travelers' Prepare for 2002
The Objectivist Center's fourth trip abroad, this time to Tuscany, Italy, will take place November 7-15.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 9
What Art Is?, Art Renewal Center, Allen Costell teaches, Libertarian John Buttrick appointed to Arizona's Maricopa County Superior Court.
Date: 10/16/2001
 
Rick Goad Leaves TOC
Announcement about Rick Goad's departure from TOC.
Date: 9/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 8
Michael Newberry's website, Art Renewal Center, American Society of Classical Realism,
Date: 9/1/2001
 
Objectivism Celebrated at 2001 Summer Seminar
The Objectivist Center hosted its twelfth annual summer seminar from June 30-July 8 at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown.
Date: 9/1/2001
 
Frank Kirmss—In Memorium
We note with sadness the recent death of Frank Kirmss Jr., 65, of Dallas, Texas, a generous supporter of the Center's work, an enthusiastic participant in its programs, and a man who truly exemplified the spirit of Objectivism.
Date: 9/1/2001
 
Advanced Seminar Brings Together Objectivist Scholars
The Advanced Seminar is TOC's incubator for encouraging new scholarly work that examines and extends the Objectivist system of ideas.
Date: 9/1/2001
 
A Call for Op-ed Writers
We invite writers to submit op-eds to The Objectivist Center. If the op-ed meets our editorial standards, we will distribute the piece nationally and pay the author $50
Date: 8/28/2001
 
Two Works Are On the Way
The research and training division of The Objectivist Center has been hard at work on two new books, which are now nearing completion.
Date: 7/1/2001
 
TOC to Redesign Web Site
The Objectivist Center site will have a fresh look and many new sections with expanded and improved content.
Date: 7/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 7
Robert Levy of Cato debates the Tobacco Products Liability Project on MSNBC's 'Mike Barnicle Show.', Freedom Summit in Phoenix, AZ, IHS politopia,
Date: 7/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 6
FEE hosts Jose Pinera, James Robbins appears on The Chip Franklin Show, Institute for Justice wins legal victory of Las Vegas limousine operators,
Date: 6/1/2001
 
At The Center, June 2001
What's happening At the Center
Date: 6/1/2001
 
The Atlas Society Launches Operations
After nearly two years of preparations, The Atlas Society—an organization for admirers of Ayn Rand's fiction—has begun its activities.
Date: 5/1/2001
 
Summer 2001 Public Speaking Workshop Scheduled
The Effective Communication Workshop is TOC's greenhouse for developing the public speaking talents of the Objectivist community
Date: 5/1/2001
 
Mayer Serves on Jefferson Commission
TOC advisor David Mayer was a member of the Scholars Commission on the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings Matter, which released its final report in Washington, D.C., on April 12.
Date: 5/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 5
Cato Institute luncheon featureing a Federal Elections Commission commissioner speaking on how campaign finance laws limit free speech, and David Horowitz discusses his activities on college campuses.
Date: 5/1/2001
 
Kelley, Thomas Attend Cato University
David Kelley and William Thomas represented the center at the Cato Institute's Cato University seminar held in Philadelphia March 29 through April 1.
Date: 5/1/2001
 
Basic Principles To Be Reissued
The reissuing of the classic Basic Principles of Objectivism. The original taped course from the NBI days.
Date: 4/1/2001
 
Last Call for Summer Seminar
The final deadlines for TOC's Summer Seminar 2001 are fast approaching.
Date: 4/1/2001
 
Sponsors Dinner Will Celebrate TOC's Future
Sponsors Dinner Will Celebrate TOC's Future
Date: 4/1/2001
 
The World of 'Atlas Shrugged' Is Released
Scripted by The Objectivist Center’s Robert James Bidinotto, The World of "Atlas Shrugged" is an audio companion to Ayn Rand’s masterpiece that will soon be available in bookstores.
Date: 4/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 4
Camp Indecon scholarships, Atlas Economic Research Foundation twentieth anniversary, Claremont Institute's 2001 Publius Fellows program, Pioneer Institute Better Government Competition, Intercollegiate Studies Institute Campus Outrage Awards 'The Pollys' winners,
Date: 4/1/2001
 
At the Center, April 2001
What's happening At the Center
Date: 4/1/2001
 
Imagine a University Where People Share Your Values
For students interested in Objectivism, the summer offers what the school year does not: the chance to spend time in an Objectivist university, learning about the philosophy and its applications, and living for a time in a place where your values are understood and appreciated.
Date: 3/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 3
Foundation for Economic Education, Ireland's free market think tank The Open Rebublic, Henry Hazlitt Foundation website
Date: 3/1/2001
 
Advanced Seminar Program Set
The Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies is TOC's hot-house for encouraging new scholarly work examining and extending the Objectivist system of ideas.
Date: 3/1/2001
 
TOC Host Effective Communication Workshop
The Winter 2001 TOC Effective Communication Workshop took place February 2-4. Taught by William Thomas, Susan McCloskey, and David Kelley, the intensive workshop allowed the participants to sharpen their skills at public speaking and at organizing and presenting Objectivist ideas.
Date: 3/1/2001
 
TOC Speakers Engage Many Audiences
Different Speaking engagements by TOC Speakers
Date: 3/1/2001
 
TOC Fellow Travelers Visit Fjordland of Norway
TOC 'Fellow Travelers' Visit Fjordland of Norway
Date: 2/1/2001
 
TOC increase web presence
TOC joins up with Grantmatch.org, Guidestar.com, Helping.org, and Igive.com
Date: 2/1/2001
 
Kelley and Thomas Attend Conferences
TOC's executive director, David Kelley, and its manager of research and training, William Thomas, attended the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York City
Date: 2/1/2001
 
Summer Intershipes
Summer Interships available at The Objectivist Center
Date: 2/1/2001
 
TOC Gears Up for the Summer Seminar
The center's staff have been working hard to prepare for the twelfth annual summer seminar. To be held in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, this year's seminar will bring together hundreds of people for a mix of education, social life, inspiration, and good fun.
Date: 2/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 2
TOC Sightings: Camp Indecon in Colorado, Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from The Independent Institute, Stephen Hicks interviewed, Atlas Shrugged tied Lord of the Rings as best novel of twentieth century, Cato battling outdoor smoking ban in Frienship Heights, Maryland.
Date: 2/1/2001
 
Weekend Seminars in Objectivism
TOC is now offering The Essence of Objectivism as a day and a half weekend seminar
Date: 2/1/2001
 
Speakers Chosen for 2001 Summer Seminar
The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce a partial line-up of speakers for its twelfth annual summer seminar.
Date: 1/1/2001
 
At the Center, January 2001
What's happening At the Center
Date: 1/1/2001
 
Sightings from Navigator 4, 1
Economist competition: 'The World in 2050' winner William Douglas is a TOC member.
Date: 1/1/2001
 
Passing the Torch: Stone Leaves TOC
After nearly four years of service, Tom Stone turns the Web site over to Shawn Klein.
Date: 1/1/2001
 
Web Site Begins Q&A
The launching of a new service to allow for submission of questions on how Objectivism might address particular issues. Answers are archived on the website.
Date: 12/1/1999
 
Sightings, December 1999
Atlas Shrugged and TNT; Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.
Date: 12/1/1999
 
Objectivist Studies Flourishing at TOC
Advancing Objectivism: the scholarship and research activities of The Objectivist Center staff: including the Effective Communication Workshop, Cyberseminar in Objectivist Studies, the Advanced Seminar, and the Objectivist Studies monograph series.
Date: 12/1/1999
 
Fall 1999 TOC Conference
An Objectivist Center conference entitled 'What Should We Worship? Reclaiming Spirituality from Religion'
Date: 11/1/1999
 
Advanced Seminar Studies Philosophic Method
A detailed event report on the 1999 Summer Seminar.
Date: 9/1/1999
 
Summer Seminar Caps IOS Decade
A detailed event report on the 1999 Summer Seminar.
Date: 9/1/1999
 
Cyberseminar Returns
Cyberseminar announcment for ''Continental Orgins of Postmodernism''--lead by Dr. Stephen Hicks.
Date: 9/1/1999
 
Aglialoro and Silk Join TOC Board of Trustees
John Aglialoro and Roger Silk Join TOC Board of Trustees
Date: 9/1/1999
 
IOS Maps its Future
The Institute for Objectivist Studies (IOS) becomes The Objectivist Center (TOC) and takes broader focus on cultural change.
Date: 7/1/1999
 
Editor's Column, July 1999
Comments from the Editor, Roger Donway
Date: 7/1/1999
 
Sightings, July 1999
Carolyn Ray has obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University.
Date: 7/1/1999
 
A ''Beta'' Version of Logical Structure Is Printed
Beta version of Logical Structure of Objectivism is printed in a limited run for summer seminar class.
Date: 7/1/1999
 
Introducting The Atlas Society
Introducting The Objectivist Center's newest division: The Atlas Society. TAS will focus on reader's of Ayn Rand's fiction.
Date: 7/1/1999
 
IOS Takes Communication Workshop on the Road
Effective Communication Workshop in Chicago.
Date: 6/1/1999
 
Editor's Column, June 1999
Corrections and comments from the Editor, Roger Donway
Date: 6/1/1999
 
Sightings, June 1999
Ayn Rand on cover of Insight magazine; Letters about Rand scholarship in Chronicle of Higher Education; Michael Newberry; David Mayer in The Freeman; Club updates.
Date: 6/1/1999
 
The Business of Running a Philosophy Institute
What and who it takes to run the institute. A tribute to the work of Jamie Dorrian, Kristen Carlson, and Laura Lucey.
Date: 6/1/1999
 
Showing the Flag, June 1999
Will Thomas talks on Business Ethics; Robert Bidinotto gives some talks at Libertarian Party's state convention and at Suny-New Paltz.
Date: 6/1/1999
 
The Stamp of Greatness; Logbook
Logbook account of USPS introduction of the Ayn Rand stamp.
Date: 6/1/1999
 
Sightings, May 1999
Rand in Chronicle of Higher Education; Ayn Rand Stamp; Human Flourishing; Patricia Speer; Stephen Moses in Wall Street Journal; DoubleClick founder; local club news.
Date: 5/1/1999
 
Showing the Flag, May 1999
David Kelley at Columbia University participating in panel session on Internet encryption policy.
Date: 5/1/1999
 
The Editor's Column, April 1999
Donway on the Soundings column.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
Showing the Flag April 1999
Tom Stone's expansion of the website.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
Summer Seminar Notices (1999)
Information about the 1999 Seminar.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
An Institute Where Objectivists Study
Stephen Hicks spends a year at Institute for Objectivist Studies (now The Objectivist Center) as a senior fellow.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
Sightings, April 1999
Excerpts from Virtue of Selfishness, news from local clubs.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
Thoughts That Breathe And Words That Burn
Reporting on the the second Effective Communication Workshop. This workshop hones the logical and rhetorical skills of attendees.
Date: 4/1/1999
 
A Pride of Egoists?
Summer Seminar 1999 Preview.
Date: 3/1/1999
 
Sightings, March 1999
Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand; What Art Is; Discussion groups
Date: 3/1/1999
 
Join IOS in the Swiss Alps
Longtime institute sponsors Charles and Susanna Tomlinson have arranged a spectacular fall educational and travel tour for Objectivists . . . in the heart of the majestic Swiss Alps.
Date: 3/1/1999
 
Showing the Flag, March 1999
Various speaking and media appearances by David Kelley, Robert Bidinitto. Plus positive feedback on Objectivism Today 1998 and Kelley's book "A Life of One's Own".
Date: 3/1/1999
 
An Embarrassment of Riches
1999 Summer Seminar Preview
Date: 2/1/1999
 
Sightings, February 1999
Camp Indecon; Reason Papers and Ayn Rand; Walter Olson, Enlightenment, and Objectivism Today 1998; Ayn Rand's essays included in textbooks; George Reisman on Clinton's impeachment; At the Salons.
Date: 2/1/1999
 
Basic Membership
Information about basic memberships at The Center.
Date: 2/1/1999
 
Sightings, January 1999
Camp Indecon Web site, Leadership Institute alternative campus publications, criticism of Chandran Kukathas's Routledge encyclopedia on the history of philosophy article on Ayn Rand, Skirmishes.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
Showing the Flag, January 1999
David Kelley has been busy speaking out about Objectivism.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
It Was a Very Good Year
Principal Source has a good year in 1999 with new acquisitions and expanded inventory.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
An Echo of Will Thomas's Latin America Tour
Will Thomas interviewed by newspaper La Razon.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
Walter Olson Praises Objectivism Today
Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has written an article praising Objectivism Today 1998 and its defense of Enlightenment values against both the pre- and post-Enlightenment.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
10!--1999 Summer Seminar Announcment
The announcement for the 10th annual Summer Seminar, held in Burlington, Vermont, July 3- July 10, 1999.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
Robert A. Levy Becomes Institute Trustee
Robert A. Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, joined the IOS Board of Trustees last November.
Date: 1/1/1999
 
Sightings, December 1998
Ayn Rand Stamp, Local Salons, IHS fellowships, John Ellis, Greed in New Zealand.
Date: 12/1/1998
 
Full Context Celebrates a Double Anniversary
The newsletter Full Context is celebrating both its ten-year and its hundred-issue anniversaries. Under the circumstances, Navigator is pleased to present Karen Minto's account of its history
Date: 12/1/1998
 
Good News, Good News
Good news from several newspaper columnists on Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars.
Date: 12/1/1998
 
A Life of One's Own Is Published ''Officially''
The Cato Institute published David Kelley's ''A Life of One's Own'' which concludes that the concept of welfare rights is invalid.
Date: 11/1/1998
 
Meet the Illustrators
Introduction to the illustrators who do work for Navigator.
Date: 11/1/1998
 
Russell La Valle to Manager IOS's Principal Source
Russell P. La Valle joined the Institute for Objectivist Studies on September 22, 1998, with the immediate mission of taking over the institute's Principal Source division.
Date: 11/1/1998
 
Sightings, November 1998
Reason Papers, Camp Indecon, Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand, Objectivity journal, Fred Seddon
Date: 11/1/1998
 
Sightings, October 1998
Navigator announces the forthcoming appearance of a special forum on "Rand and Philosophy." It also discusses a major article on Ayn Rand in a new encyclopedia of philosophy. Who is the author and what does he make of Rand's great novels?
Date: 10/1/1998
 
Showing the Flag, October 1998
Activities of the Center
Date: 10/1/1998
 
Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars
The 1998 Objectivism Today conference, to be held on October 24 in New York City, will strive to present Objectivists with a new vision of the cultural factions now contesting for dominance in American society.
Date: 10/1/1998
 
Walsh Examines Religion's History and Practice
IOS is pleased to announce that George Walsh’s book The Role of Religion in History has just been published
Date: 9/1/1998
 
Don Heath Leaves IOS
Donald Heath, the institute's longtime director of operations, has resigned that position to pursue other plans.
Date: 9/1/1998
 
A Star-Studded Conference
Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars The Culture of the Enlightenment and its Enemies
Date: 9/1/1998
 
Living Together--Independently
Cato publishes David Kelley's A Life of One's Own: a defense of the ideal of a society in which men live together cooperatively, but independently. It is also an attack on the groundings of the Welfare State.
Date: 7/1/1998
 
IOS and Cato University
David Kelley at Cato University
Date: 7/1/1998
 
Sightings, July/August 1998
Ayn Rand in Scandinavia; Austrian Scholars Conference; IHS; Rent control; Does Atlas Shrug at University of Michigan
Date: 7/1/1998
 
IOS Initiates Monograph Series
Announcing the launch of a monograph series in philosophy, psychology, and history.
Date: 6/1/1998
 
Departures and Arrivals
Joanne Phillips leaves, Kristen Carlson and Jonathan Hayden start.
Date: 6/1/1998
 
Bidinotto Answers Queries On Memberships and Gifts
In the past two years, the institute has attracted a large number of new members, and many of them have questions about their membership. What does it mean to be a "member"? How long does a membership period run? What benefits does a contribution bring? Is the institute increasing its efforts at soliciting contributions?
Date: 6/1/1998
 
Sightings, June 1998
Center for Long Term Care Financing; Monadnock Online; David Duval; Reisman's Capitalism; Martin L. Cowen.
Date: 6/1/1998
 
Sightings, May 1998
Jeffrey Hoffman on Ayn Rand: Sense of Life; environmentalism and atheism.
Date: 5/1/1998
 
Showing the Flag
David Kelley quoted in Investor's Business Daily and gives a talk at SUNY
Date: 5/1/1998
 
Livingston Publishes on Measurement Omission
Ken Livingston, who is director of the program in cognitive science at Vassar College, describes the research paper he has just published--and why it lends support to Rand's theory regarding the omission of measurements in concept formation.
Date: 5/1/1998
 
A Slogan Is Born!
Michael Milken was a greater benefactor to mankind than Mother Teresa.
Date: 5/1/1998
 
Last Call for the 1998 IOS Summer Seminar
A review of the highlights of the 1998 Summer Seminar in Objectivism
Date: 5/1/1998
 
Visiting Fellow's Work Proceeds Apace
William Thomas, the institute's new visiting fellow, reports that he is proceeding "full steam ahead" with his project of turning David Kelley's "The Logical Structure of Objectivism" lectures into a book
Date: 5/1/1998
 
Will Thomas Becomes IOS's first Visting Fellow
Will Thomas will be working closely with the institute's executive director, David Kelley, to create a book from the Logical Structure of Objectivism lectures
Date: 4/1/1998
 
Sightings, April 1998
David Kelley letter to the editor of New York Times regarding review of Journals of Ayn Rand
Date: 4/1/1998
 
IOS Summer Seminar: The Focus Is on Students
Nowhere else can students be exposed to leading-edge Objectivist thought, rigorous in standards and methodology, yet conducted in an atmosphere open to questioning and criticism.
Date: 4/1/1998
 
Media Spotlight on Objectivism
Recent attention devoted to Ayn Rand and Objectivism by major media outlets, including The New York Times and U. S. News and World Report.
Date: 4/1/1998
 
Bidinotto Builds Bridges to Libertarians
An account of Robert Bidinotto's highly successful talk in Washington, D.C.: 'Building Bridges between Objectivists and Libertarians'
Date: 3/1/1998
 
Greed: The Impact Statement
An account of the institute's promotional efforts and at the response to the John Stossel, ABC show Greed.
Date: 3/1/1998
 
Sightings, March 1998
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life; Jeff Scott on Stockholders and stakeholders
Date: 3/1/1998
 
Kelley on Reflects on Stossel's Greed
David Kelley recalls how John Stossel's Greed came about and how the show that he saw on television appeared from his perspective.
Date: 2/1/1998
 
Sightings, January 1998
News on James Robbins and Larry Sechrest
Date: 1/1/1998
 
International Libertarian Group Hails Bidinotto
International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL) lavished praise on the talk given at ISIL's 1997 Rome conference by Robert Bidinotto
Date: 1/1/1998
 
IOS Growth Surged in 1997
Details of the remarkable 1997 growth
Date: 1/1/1998
 
Neal Goldman Is Named to IOS's Board of Trustees
Neal I. Goldman, president and founder of Manhattan-based Goldman Capital Management, Inc., was appointed to the IOS Board of Trustees in November 1997.
Date: 1/1/1998
 
Sightings, November 1997
Kelly Rogers, Chris Sciabarra, Tibor Machan, Alan Greenspan, William Dale
Date: 11/1/1997
 
Sightings, October 1997
Georgia Representatives William Clark; IHS, We The Living Optioned, Cato Institute, Atlas Shrugged Media Attention
Date: 10/1/1997
 
Sightings, September 1997
Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand, We The Living, Franciscio Villalobos, George Reisman on George Soros and the Capitalist Threat.
Date: 9/1/1997
 
  
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