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  • Ayn Rand Institute loses its edge

    01/15/2005 6:44:14 AM PST · by billybudd · 31 replies · 472+ views
    Danny Taggart's Blogarama ^ | 01/15/2005 | Danny Taggart
    One thing I liked about Ayn Rand is that she didn't do bullshit. If she had a position, no matter how unpopular, she defended it without compromise. The same can't be said of her successors at the Ayn Rand Institute in the wake of their tsunami PR disaster. Can anyone make heads or tails of this hairsplitting quote? Obviously, the tsunami, with the thousands of innocent victims left in its wake, is a horrible disaster. The first concern of survivors and of those trying to help them is to provide basic necessities and then to begin rebuilding. The American public's...
  • Ayn Rand Institute whitewashes history (Vanity)

    01/14/2005 2:46:14 PM PST · by billybudd · 5 replies · 225+ views
    Danny Taggart's Blogarama ^ | 01/14/2005 | Danny Taggart
    The Ayn Rand Institute published an op-ed by David Holcberg during the tsunami disaster arguing that the US government should not give aid to the tsunami victims. After the PR disaster that followed, ARI "clarified" its position in another article (which I will discuss later). I noticed, however, that ARI removed the original op-ed from its web site. The link that originally pointed to it has been redirected to an article about Iraq. Fortunately, Google has a cached copy of it. Clarifying your position is one thing; obliterating history so that you control the discussion is completely unethical and unwise...