Tag: Ayn Rand

This book review has been getting some attention today. With a lot of new readers coming to The XYZ, now is a good...

You may know the story of the Trojan horse. After ten years of warfare, the Greeks had failed to conquer Troy in open combat....

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. That is exactly what happened to the Soviet Union and...

  Back in 1997 when I was working as a sea kayaking guide off Vancouver Island I took a group of female school teachers on...

This article was initially published on September 27, 2015. In part 1 of this series, I summarised Europe's changing demography, that it or parts of...

Originally published December 28, 2015. I love money. I love the options it gives me. The time it brings me. The things I can buy with...

This article was originally published June 4, 2016. I wake to the second alarm at 0715. After the necessary morning duties I put the tellie...

While catching an aeroplane last week, it occurred to me that we have at least one situation in everyday life in which altruism is...

In Ayn Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged, a pivotal plot point is the story of the fictional 20th Century Motor Company in the fictional...

Originally published January 14, 2016. Do you like Uber? I like Uber. I have never actually caught an Uber, but like monster trucks, which I...