Tag: freedom
Wisdom from “The Art of War”
"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."
— Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
Introducing...
Philosophy, the Power of Fiction, How to be the Ideal Man...
How does a man go from reading Atlas Shrugged just nine years ago to becoming the President and CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute?
That’s...
The Heroism of Muscle
The Heroism of Muscle
Muscle, throughout history, has been next of kin to the heroic, and the heroic is eternal.
–TC Luoma, fitness writer and humorist
Introducing...
Wrestling with Life and Bruce Springsteen
Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze?
If you’ve ever seen a one-armed man then you’ve seen me
Then you’ve...
It’s Just a Theory — Yeah, Right La Presse
"I am afraid that the experiments you quote, Mr. Pasteur, will turn against you. The world into which you wish to take us is...
The Wisdom of Southbound Pachyderm
Watching the majesty blow past
Speculating which will be the last
Savoring my piece of pie
And there is no reprise
They’re filling the sky
Southbound Pachyderm
–Primus, "Southbound Pachyderm"
Introducing...
Memorial Day and the Renaissance Man Jim Woods
Today, Monday is Memorial Day.
This is when we honor those who gave their lives in battle to ensure we are free to think, free...
Jeffersonian Science
Freedom is the first-born daughter of science. — Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson is, of course, best known as a learned writer, politician and Founding Father. But...
Invention, Discovery and the Most Daring Prophecies
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in...
