Welcome to Objectivist Roundup #114! These are articles written by bloggers who embrace Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. As Rand herself put it:
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”About the Author,” Atlas Shrugged, Appendix.

Lots of posts this week, so let’s get to it!

First-time contributor Earl Parson presents My Views on Health Care Reform at Parson Studio Group.

Gideon Reich presents Conservatives vs. Idealism at Armchair Intellectual, saying, “Attacks the Conservative view of human nature as described by PJTV’s Bill Whittle and offers an alternative.”

Paul McKeever presents two posts at his self-titled blog:
Laying Blame for the Economic Mess: Milton Keynes or John Maynard Friedman? He says, “Irrationality is what, essentially, undermines freedom and capitalism, but one of the most common and destructive instances of irrationality is the libertarian practice of holding up Milton Friedman and his monetarism (i.e., intentionally expanding or contracting the money supply to control wages and prices) as a champion of capitalism. In my view, monetarism essentially does by monetary means what Keynesianism does by fiscal means: both redistribute a percentage of the money supply from those who earn it to those who do not. The first by way of public-private co-operation (the federal reserve, together with private banks), and the second by way of purely public means (i.e., taxation by government). Hence the misguided libertarian championing of the former, and of Friedman.”Paul McKeever’s Minimal Maxims and Bon Arrows, volume 1, issue 7 : Paul McKeever: He says, “In this installment: truth, memory, death, and even…beards.” And two from Joseph Kellard:
Finding Solace by the Sea at his self-titled blog.
Michael Jordan Scores One For “I” at The American Individualist.John Drake presents Writing 5 year goals at Try Reason!, saying, “A practical guide to writing 5 year goals that integrates Rand’s notion of a identifying a central purpose in life as a key step in the process.”

Brian Phillips presents A Day of Service at Live Oaks, saying, “Last Friday I honored our President’s request and spent the day in service–to myself.”

Another double entry from Roderick Fitts at Inductive Quest:
Introduction to Induction: What is Induction and Why Study It? He says, “Sort of a introductory post on induction, and why we should want to study it.” Aristotle’s “Two” Views on Induction: McCaskey’s Resolution (Part 2). He says, “A shorter essay in which I discuss two of McCaskey’s criticisms of the ‘Aristotle is an enumerative inductivist’ viewpoint. Here, we learn that enumeration isn’t effective at all, and that one must to the essence of the thing being studied, what makes it the kind of thing it is.”Doug Reich presents Chavez, Jones, and Obama: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions and Red Carpet at The Rational Capitalist, saying, “Three seemingly disparate events demonstrate the philosophy that is destroying the world.”

Paul Hsieh presents TOS Article: “How the Freedom to Contract Protects Insurability” at We Stand FIRM, saying, “My forthcoming TOS article provides intellectual ammunition to oppose new controls on insurance companies that would force them to cover pre-existing conditions.”

Ari Armstrong presents Atlas Shrugged Relevant for Modern Times at FreeColorado.com, saying, ” In anticipation of upcoming Atlas Shrugged Reading Groups, I wrote an op-ed for the Longmont Times-Call about the novel.”

Mike “Zemack” LaFerrara presents Obama – Bearing False Witness at Principled Perspectives, saying, “‘The Big Lie,’ American version.”

I present Answering liberal arguments: “But you have good insurance!” right here at ReasonPharm. I’m going to be addressing common liberal arguments for healthcare ‘reform’ in the next several days. The first: Only people who already have “good” insurance would argue against extending coverage to everybody.

Diana Hsieh presents 9/12 Tea Parties at NoodleFood, saying, “My report on the Denver 9/12 Tea Party, with some additional pictures from DC.”

Kelly Elmore presents Continuing to Think About Happiness at Reepicheep’s Coracle, saying, “Rather than my final ideas about happiness (cause I don’t have complete ones yet), this post asks a lot of questions and gives some tentative answers. I hope some of you bloggy types might have some good comments for me to think over.”

Amit Ghate presents A Principle for Politics at Thrutch, saying, “A link to an article I wrote arguing that to solve our current political problems, we need to re-adopt the principle of individual rights.”

Gus Van Horn presents MY Blue Sky at his self-titled blog, saying, “It is just as important to recover from the attacks of 2001 as it is to remember them.”

Two from Beth Haynes at Wealth Is Not the Problem –Actually, Mr. President, Our Health Care Is Too Cheap! and Values Clarification.

And, Stephen Bourque presents Note to the Republican National Committee at One Reality, saying, “Precisely because Republicans are supposed to be the guardians of freedom and limited government, they have rendered the true defenders of liberty impotent.”

That wraps it up for Roundup #114!

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