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Eric Hoffer's first book, The True Believer, published in March 1951, made him famous as the Longshoreman Philosopher He was not a professional writer, nor an academic, but worked on the docks of San Francisco. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/who-...
Who are the True Believers?
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! In 1951 an extraordinary book was published. Its author was a relatively unknown man who worked on ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Eric Hoffer's first book, The True Believer, published in March 1951, made him famous as the Longshoreman Philosopher He was not a professional writer, nor an academic, but worked on the docks of San Francisco. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/who-...
Here's a short story I wrote for a university course in 2020. It's loosely based on a real incident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like Ayn Rand's The Night of January 16th, this story has two endings—your choice—depending on where our sympathies lie.
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The Chin-up Man (A Short Story)
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! I originally wrote this story for a university course on short story writing. I subsequently publishe...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here's a short story I wrote for a university course in 2020. It's loosely based on a real incident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like Ayn Rand's The Night of January 16th, this story has two endings—your choice—depending on where our sympathies lie.
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@prglibertarianism.bsky.social My review of Robert Tracinski's Dictator Since Day One jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...
Book Review: Dictator From Day One by Robert Tracinski
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! MAGA loyalists might expect to see a book with the title Dictator From Day One from a leftist. But i...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@prglibertarianism.bsky.social My review of Robert Tracinski's Dictator Since Day One jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...
My review of Robert Tracinki's book Dictator Since Day One
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Book Review: Dictator From Day One by Robert Tracinski
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! MAGA loyalists might expect to see a book with the title Dictator From Day One from a leftist. But i...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My review of Robert Tracinki's book Dictator Since Day One
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My latest essay looks at the influence of both universalism and romanticism on Ayn Rand and her philosophy. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Contrary Influence of Universalism and Romanticism on Ayn Rand
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! Ayn Rand is an unusual figure in the history of philosophy. She started out as a novelist, a writer o...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My latest essay looks at the influence of both universalism and romanticism on Ayn Rand and her philosophy. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
While people often decry inflation, deflation is also regarded as a bad thing by some economists. But is it? jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-...
Why Not Deflation?
Follow us on Facebook or Bluesky ! Consider the following scenario: You want to buy a new car. But you know that if you wait a...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
While people often decry inflation, deflation is also regarded as a bad thing by some economists. But is it? jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-...
It was 25 years ago today that former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau passed away. I was a writer for About . com at the time and penned this tribute to the former PM. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-tr...
A Tribute to Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1919-2000)
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky! Originally published at About.com - October 2, 2000 Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who served Canada as Prime M...
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September 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It was 25 years ago today that former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau passed away. I was a writer for About . com at the time and penned this tribute to the former PM. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-tr...
Here's a new article on my blog discussing what I read for information and opinion. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/wher...
Where I Get My News and Information
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! We live in perilous times, but not for the reasons the current American government would have you beli...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Here's a new article on my blog discussing what I read for information and opinion. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/wher...
In March 1962, Ayn Rand wrote a piece about then FCC chairman Newton Minow trying to "persuade" broadcasters to produce more high-brow programming instead of the "vast wasteland" he said television had become. Rand's warning is particularly apt today.
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Have Gun, Will Nudge
Ayn Rand in 1943 Although she wrote a number of non-fiction pieces over the years, The Objectivist Newsletter was Ayn Rand's first foray in...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In March 1962, Ayn Rand wrote a piece about then FCC chairman Newton Minow trying to "persuade" broadcasters to produce more high-brow programming instead of the "vast wasteland" he said television had become. Rand's warning is particularly apt today.
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This is part 1 of my look at Steven Marche's provocative book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-t...
Is There a Civil War Brewing in America?
Follow Us on Facebook and Bluesky ! At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reaches us, it must ...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is part 1 of my look at Steven Marche's provocative book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-t...
With Louise Penny's The Black Wolf out on Oct. 28th, here's look at the prequel, The Grey Wolf and some speculation on what might be in The Black Wolf. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ta...
A Tale of Two Wolves
Louise Penny's 2024 novel The Grey Wolf is a masterpiece of speculative fiction. A terrific "what if?" tale. But before getting to a review...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
With Louise Penny's The Black Wolf out on Oct. 28th, here's look at the prequel, The Grey Wolf and some speculation on what might be in The Black Wolf. jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ta...