New Individualist editor Robert Bidinotto has one of the best responses I've seen to the brouhaha about BB&T's donations to college campuses. He wrote to The New York Times: I have never heard any howling ... »More

Bob Hessen forwards the following, from a friend in NYC: If you haven't already watched the first two back-to-back episodes of "John Adams" on HBO, you must. It's gripping drama. It is being shown repeatedly, all ... »More

Chris Colin has published a column at the San Francisco Chronicle called "No Offense, but You Don't Deserve Your Salary." Kudos to him for interviewing Yaron Brook on the subject -- making his article ... »More

For still more about the controversy (among liberal professors, at least) over BB&T's grants to teach courses on capitalism, see the new article "MU divided on BB&T grant conditions" in the Charleston Gazette. You gotta love ... »More

Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik kindly sent a link to his new story "Buying a Spot on the Syllabus," which is indeed very interesting. He begins: Some professors at Marshall University believe that the institution ... »More

Fans of Joss Whedon's excellent but short-lived TV series Firefly can now enjoy a novel with the same characters. Per Dave Itzkoff: ...the world of Joss Whedon’s space opera “Firefly,” which lasted just 14 episodes ... »More

Kotaku Managing Editor Brian Crecente has written a lengthy and interesting article -- "No Gods or Kings: Objectivism in BioShock" -- on the intersections between the new BioShock game and its Ayn Rand-inspired themes. ... »More

Some interesting back-story here about BB&T's support for pro-capitalism courses at universities around the country. This article is from Marshall University, where apparently some faculty members are uncomfortable with the idea that someone besides ... »More

Walter Donway just sent the following announcement, which explains the significance of his essay as well as anything I might hope to write: My brief essay "The Struggle for Poetry's Soul" just went up on the ... »More

I've been working for several months now with Stephen Hicks of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship to create their new web site, which we just launched recently. They're doing some terrific work to promote an ... »More