Can the government "create jobs" in the economy? The question is quite apart from the jobs that are legitimate for a government to do to protect our individual life, liberty and property.
John Stossel, recently joined Fox Business Network, discusses with his hosts the premise of government creating or saving jobs with the stimulus funds. (Fox Business Network, 8 min.).
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Video- "Policy Peril: Straight Talk About Global Warming"
In this 39 minute movie, Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis explains why we have more to fear from global warming policies than from global warming itself. The movie refutes a number of assertions made by Al Gore in "The Inconvenient Truth". While thousands of students all over the country were made to view Gore's movie, will students be viewing this and similar other movies, to give them another viewpoint and perspective? In the name of academic freedom and giving the opposite side a fair chance to present their case, that is the least one would expect, right?!
Parents do not wait for schools to do the job. The amount of nonsense the kids (and adults) are daily being barraged with from the religious zealots called environmentalists, it is important to inform and educate yourself and your kids, creating the intellectual armor of facts and evidence. In my opinion the push for CO2 emission controls will become a concentrated effort in the next month or so on the part of several special interest groups, using multiple means to assault reason. It is up to us to be well prepared for the battle of the mind.
The embed link from the website is not working, and I am contacting the website to find a solution to the problem. Meanwhile click on the movie name to take you to the site Policy Peril: Straight Talk About Global Warming
Parents do not wait for schools to do the job. The amount of nonsense the kids (and adults) are daily being barraged with from the religious zealots called environmentalists, it is important to inform and educate yourself and your kids, creating the intellectual armor of facts and evidence. In my opinion the push for CO2 emission controls will become a concentrated effort in the next month or so on the part of several special interest groups, using multiple means to assault reason. It is up to us to be well prepared for the battle of the mind.
The embed link from the website is not working, and I am contacting the website to find a solution to the problem. Meanwhile click on the movie name to take you to the site Policy Peril: Straight Talk About Global Warming
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Video Part 1: Dr John Lewis debates Dr Byrns on UNC Campus
I have uploaded the first section of the debate. The very beginning of Dr Byrns presentation is missing and it starts a few minutes into his opening statements. Again the quality of the video is not the best.
I will continue to post the remaining four parts of the debate. I am currently encountering difficulties with upload time, and am working on figuring out if there is a more efficient method of uploading.
I will continue to post the remaining four parts of the debate. I am currently encountering difficulties with upload time, and am working on figuring out if there is a more efficient method of uploading.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Video Part 2: Dr John Lewis debates Dr Byrns on UNC Campus
Dr John Lewis in this section (part 2) builds and presents his case for the morality of free markets and against government intervention in the markets. Dr Lewis was speaker at a debate on the topic of "Is it moral for the government to intervene in the free market?", hosted by Carolina Review, and held at the UNC, Chapel Hill campus on November 4, 2009. Dr Ralph Byrns, professor of economics at UNC Chapel Hill was the other speaker.
The audio & video quality of the taping is amateur (!), but the intellectual content is superlative.
The video was created on Flip Ultra HD Mini camcorder.
The audio & video quality of the taping is amateur (!), but the intellectual content is superlative.
The video was created on Flip Ultra HD Mini camcorder.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Battle for Control Over Others
Rational Education Recommends:
ARC -TV features this compelling discussion on the The Battle for Climate Control.
Yaron Brook, President of ARI analyzes the motives behind measures proposed in the name of combating climate change. (Pajamas TV interview; 9 min.)
ARC -TV features this compelling discussion on the The Battle for Climate Control.
Yaron Brook, President of ARI analyzes the motives behind measures proposed in the name of combating climate change. (Pajamas TV interview; 9 min.)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Upcoming Events of Interest at UNC Chapel Hill
If you live in the area or will be visiting on these dates, mark your calendars to attend these exciting events on the UNC, Chapel Hill campus.
Ask an Expert on Objectivism
Hosted by Carolina Objectivist Forum
When: Tuesday, Tuesday, November 3, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Where: Bingham Hall, Room 306 - Chapel Hill
The Carolina Objectivist Forum is an organization dedicated to the continuing study of Objectivism, the philosophy developed by Ayn Rand. This organization will seek to provide for the students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill access to literature, activities, and information concerning the philosophy of Objectivism. It will serve as an information bureau and a center for educational activities, such as discussion groups, and guest speakers. The club meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m at Bingham Hall, room 306.
A Q&A session with special guests Dr.'s Harry Binswanger and Gregory Salmieri, experts on Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism.
Harry Binswanger, a longtime associate of Ayn Rand, received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He taught philosophy at Hunter College (City University of New York) from 1972 to 1979, and at the University of Texas, Austin, Spring 2002.
During the 1980s, he was editor of The Objectivist Forum, a bimonthly journal devoted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. Since 1994, he has been professor of philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center of the Ayn Rand Institute.
He is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts and editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon and of the second edition of Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. A regular speaker at universities, he has given more than 70 talks at some 40 universities on a wide variety of topics in philosophy and politics. Dr. Binswanger is currently writing a book on the causal nature of consciousness.
Gregory Salmieri is a lecturer in the UNC philosophy department, where he holds a Fellowship in Objectivity and Values. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008.
His research focuses on ancient philosophy and on the role played by theories of concepts or universals in epistemology, philosophical methodology, and the foundations of ethics. Much of his current work addresses this nexus of issues as it arises in the works of Aristotle and (to a lesser extent) Plato. He is also interested in these same topics as they arise in the contemporary literature, in the work of Ayn Rand, and in the main lines of the history of philosophy.
Debate: 'Is Government Intervention in the Free Market Moral?'
This Wednesday, November 4, Dr John David Lewis will debate UNC Adjunct Professor of Economics Ralph Byrns on the question: "Is Government Intervention in the Free Market Moral?"
When: Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 PM
Where: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Murphy 116
Religion vs. Morality
Presented by philosopher, novelist Andrew Bernstein; http://andrewbernstein.net/
When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Where: Murphy Hall, 116
Conventionally, most people believe that morality can only be based in religious faith, that in a world without God no principles of right and wrong could exist. Related to this, philosophers have long held that no objective, fact-based, rational code of values is possible.
Regarding both points, this talk shows that the exact opposite is true. The purpose of morality is to guide human life on earth and religion is utterly incapable of it. Flourishing life requires a code of secularism, rationality, egoism and freedom. Religious faith clashes with every principle of a proper moral code, and, as such, has led, and can only lead to, hell on earth.
Ask an Expert on Objectivism
Hosted by Carolina Objectivist Forum
When: Tuesday, Tuesday, November 3, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Where: Bingham Hall, Room 306 - Chapel Hill
The Carolina Objectivist Forum is an organization dedicated to the continuing study of Objectivism, the philosophy developed by Ayn Rand. This organization will seek to provide for the students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill access to literature, activities, and information concerning the philosophy of Objectivism. It will serve as an information bureau and a center for educational activities, such as discussion groups, and guest speakers. The club meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m at Bingham Hall, room 306.
A Q&A session with special guests Dr.'s Harry Binswanger and Gregory Salmieri, experts on Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism.
Harry Binswanger, a longtime associate of Ayn Rand, received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He taught philosophy at Hunter College (City University of New York) from 1972 to 1979, and at the University of Texas, Austin, Spring 2002.
During the 1980s, he was editor of The Objectivist Forum, a bimonthly journal devoted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. Since 1994, he has been professor of philosophy at the Objectivist Academic Center of the Ayn Rand Institute.
He is the author of The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts and editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon and of the second edition of Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. A regular speaker at universities, he has given more than 70 talks at some 40 universities on a wide variety of topics in philosophy and politics. Dr. Binswanger is currently writing a book on the causal nature of consciousness.
Gregory Salmieri is a lecturer in the UNC philosophy department, where he holds a Fellowship in Objectivity and Values. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008.
His research focuses on ancient philosophy and on the role played by theories of concepts or universals in epistemology, philosophical methodology, and the foundations of ethics. Much of his current work addresses this nexus of issues as it arises in the works of Aristotle and (to a lesser extent) Plato. He is also interested in these same topics as they arise in the contemporary literature, in the work of Ayn Rand, and in the main lines of the history of philosophy.
Debate: 'Is Government Intervention in the Free Market Moral?'
This Wednesday, November 4, Dr John David Lewis will debate UNC Adjunct Professor of Economics Ralph Byrns on the question: "Is Government Intervention in the Free Market Moral?"
When: Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 PM
Where: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Murphy 116
Religion vs. Morality
Presented by philosopher, novelist Andrew Bernstein; http://andrewbernstein.net/
When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Where: Murphy Hall, 116
Conventionally, most people believe that morality can only be based in religious faith, that in a world without God no principles of right and wrong could exist. Related to this, philosophers have long held that no objective, fact-based, rational code of values is possible.
Regarding both points, this talk shows that the exact opposite is true. The purpose of morality is to guide human life on earth and religion is utterly incapable of it. Flourishing life requires a code of secularism, rationality, egoism and freedom. Religious faith clashes with every principle of a proper moral code, and, as such, has led, and can only lead to, hell on earth.
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