Archive for April, 2009

Columbus Ohio Meetup

Icon Written by myucha on April 29, 2009 – 9:27 am

Sunday, April 26th marked the first OOS meetup in Columbus Ohio. It is always exciting to have a new opportunity to share ideas with other rational individuals - it was both fun and intellectually profitable for all attendees. I would like to send out a special thanks to William Parker for organizing this event.
This summer, [...]



Tea Party Summary

Icon Written by Brian on April 16, 2009 – 10:48 am

We at the Ohio Objectivist Society had a great time attending both the Canton and Cleveland tea parties. There were at least a thousand at the first, and at least twice that at the second. We brought about 60 copies of our booklet of reprinted essays, The Portable Objectivist, and 30 copies of Atlas Shrugged [...]

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Required Reading for the Tea Parties

Icon Written by Brian on April 14, 2009 – 8:24 pm

For anyone attending the Tax Day Tea Parties on April 15th, or any other political protests in the future, and hoping to make a case for the moral foundations of capitalism, here are some excellent essays to help fine-tune your arguments and prepare you for counterarguments.
First up are selected essays that we have compiled [...]

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Meetup Recap: Egalitarianism and Inflation

Icon Written by myucha on April 4, 2009 – 6:37 pm

Thank you to everyone who attended the Ohio Objectivist Society hosted meetup: Egalitarianism and Inflation. As always the discussion was rich, insightful, and profitable for all participants.
If you were not able to attend this meeting we highly recommend listening to Ayn Rand’s essay in her own words as well as watching Paul McKeever’s video [...]



New OOS Meetup: Egalitarianism and Inflation

Icon Written by myucha on April 1, 2009 – 7:11 am

The Ohio Objectivist Society will be hosting a meetup this Saturday April 4th starting at 12:00 noon. The topic will be Ayn Rand’s essay “Egalitarianism and Inflation” from her book Philosophy: Who Needs It. The meetup will start with a short presentation on the major points of the reading followed by an open discussion.
While attendees [...]