Presidential Debate Commentary, Round 1: The Big Bird Controversy
by: Joe To be honest, I am usually reluctant to watch Presidential Debates, but this year was a very pleasant surprise. I have never seen two candidates stick to the issues so successfully. I also have...
View ArticlePresidential Debate Commentary, Round 1: Do We Need Regulations?
by: Ross One of the key questions facing the candidates on Wednesday night's debate was the issue of how to handle regulation of financial institutions. Should we have regulations? Can there be too...
View ArticleReversing Values and Capitalism
by: Ross Timothy Spangler of the Los Angeles Review of Books wrote a review of Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government, which I very favorably reviewed this week. It was a...
View ArticleEasy Fix for Bad Schools–Drug Your Kid!
by: Ross Listening to the New York Times Audio Digest (through Audible.com) this morning, I was shocked to hear that a new practice of prescribing prescription stimulants to under-performing students...
View ArticleFunny Comic for Philosophy Buffs
SMBC (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) posted a pretty hilarious comic today that draws on the reader's knowledge of the history of philosophy. For those who don't get the joke, Zeno of Elea (not to...
View ArticleGeorgia Faces Problem From Combination of Two Injustices of Statism
by: Ross The New York Times reported today that Georgia's passage of a new immigration law has caused a catastrophic jam in renewals of state occupational licenses in the Secretary of State's office....
View ArticleSCOTUS Should End Affirmative Action in State College Admissions
The New York Times reported today that the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a new case on Wednesday which once again challenges the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The...
View ArticleVote Against Obama: Romney/Ryan 2012 Endorsement
by: Ross and Joe With this post, we are endorsing Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan for the 2012 election. In the coming month, we hope to persuade any readers who are open to argument to...
View ArticleShould You Just Vote For “The Lesser of Two Evils?”
by: Ross In a TV interview with Fox News political commentator Sean Hannity, Penn Jillette gives his reason for supporting Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson. In response to a...
View ArticleVP Debate Commentary: Why Not Denounce ALL Force, Joe?
by: Ross I was pretty underwhelmed with both vice presidential candidates in last night's debate, but there was at least one point where I felt a surge of isolated agreement with Vice President Joe...
View ArticleUpcoming Posts with Ayn Rand Quotes
by: Ross I have prepared a few blog posts which collect quotes from Ayn Rand on issues related to voting in presidential elections. I thought that those who admire her as I do would find her quotes on...
View ArticleAyn Rand on Voting for Conservatives
by: Ross [Note: This is part of a series of posts I have planned collecting quotes from Ayn Rand on various topics related to voting. See here for explanation] Amy Peikoff has been doing a podcast...
View ArticleReview: Atlas Shrugged: Part II
by: Ross Grade: B- My wife and I went to see Atlas Shrugged: Part II on Friday and I'm just bow getting around to writing about it. I'll be heavily comparing the film to Atlas Shrugged: Part I which I...
View ArticleAyn Rand on Abstention from Voting
by: Ross [[Note: This is part of a series of posts I have planned collecting quotes from Ayn Rand on various topics related to voting. See here for explanation]] With the general election coming up, I...
View ArticleMy TOS Blog Posts
by: Ross I've started writing for the blog of The Objective Standard and so I will be posting less on Think Twice in the foreseeable future. I'm going to try to keep to 2-3 posts/week on Think Twice,...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Up To
by: Ross So . . . since my last post was on October 24th, I think it's pretty evident that I haven't kept up with my goal of posting on Think Twice at least once per week. Hopefully none of my ~3...
View ArticlePreparing for Whole30
by: Ross Tomorrow is Day 1 of my CrossFit 215's Whole30 Nutrition Challenge. All participants in the challenge have agreed to go 30 days without any foods which contain grains, dairy, legumes, added...
View ArticleWhole30 Day 1
by: Ross I started Whole30 today. Here's a run-down of what I did that was Whole30 related: 5:35AM: I woke up, ate a hard boiled egg with salt and had a half-cup of black coffee 6:00AM: I went into...
View ArticleWhole30 Day 2
by: Ross Day 2 of Whole30 went really well. Here's the run down of the day: 5:35AM: I got up and ate a hard boiled egg with salt and drank a half-cup of coffee (this will be a repeating pattern)...
View ArticleWhole30 Day 3
by: Ross Day 3 of Whole30 went well. Here's the run down of the day: 5:35AM: I got up and ate a hard boiled egg with salt and drank a half-cup of coffee (this will be a repeating pattern) 6:00AM: I...
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