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* NEW Junto meeting Oct. 4
MORE CHANGES THIS MONTH
* NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013
* NEW Galt Niederhoffer co-producer, film "Robot & Frank"
* NEW Man with a Load of Mischief, musical revival
* NEW Recommended at Junto, the TV series, 2 Broke Girls
* NEW Junto speaker, Richard Kostelanetz, has a question
* NEW ''Free Market Revolution'' book events in NY and U.S.
* NEW ''Atlas Shrugged'' Reading Group, Sun., Sep. 23
* NEW New York City Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., Sep. 30
* NEW Constitutional lawyer worth reading about
* NEW Liberty Against Anarchy by Barry Loberfeld,
* NEW Junto report on Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan in the news
* NEW Ayn Rand Institute on Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand
* NEW The Gold Standard Goes Mainstream
* NEW ''Atlas Shrugged'' Part 2 film, talk show cameos, Oct. 12
* NEW Most popular subjects Laissez-Faire blog Ayn Rand Inst.,
* Students for Liberty FREE NY Conference, Sat., Oct. 27
* NEW Institute for Justice brings cases defending freedom
* NEW ''The DIM Hypothesis'' by Leonard Peikoff
* NEW Atlas Society on Islam and Modernity
* NEW Scale model Manhattan buildings in a home
* NEW ''What Can I Do?'' from the Ayn Rand Institute
* NEW 70th anniversary ''We the Living'' film, Rand's novel
* NEW Aristos, Online Review of the Arts, new issue online
* NEW Objectivist and Libertarian groups and sites.
* Ayn Rand walking tours, 2012
* NYCjunto-discuss list
* About this newsletter
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Junto is a group that shares information,
discusses current issues and presents speakers
Gary Hoover
Think Like an Entrepreneur
Thursday, October 4
Admission Free -- No reservation necessary
* We'll socialize from 7:00pm to 7:30pm. This would be
a good time to talk to others, even people you don't know,
to find out who's there and share information.
CHANGES THIS MONTH:
* Junto is in the midst of changes. At this Oct. Junto the ONLY
announcements will begin at 7:30pm and will be made by
Victor, the moderator Gene Epstein and a few people Gene
calls to the podium.
Information on future Junto announcement opportunities
will be coming soon.
* The speaker will begin promptly at 8:00pm and talk about
45 minutes, uninterrupted.
* People in the audience should take notes for questions and
discussion afterward.
* When the questions and discussions begin anyone in the
audience can have 4 minutes for a discussion or rebuttal of
the speaker's points. Discussions are intense, but polite
* The meeting will continue to 10:00pm or later.
General Society Library,
20 West 44 St., between 5th and 6th Aves., NYC
near the Grand Central Terminal
Subway: 4, 5, 6, S to Grand Central -- 42nd St.
or
B, D, F, 7 to 42nd Street -- Sixth Ave. at Bryant Park
or
A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, 1, 2, 3 to Times Square -- 42nd St.
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M42, M98, M101, M102, M104, Q32
Train: MTA Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central
Car: Some private parking facilities in the area. Parking on
side streets is metered, limited to specific days and times.
Please note:
* Discussions are intense, but polite. Participation by all
attendees is highly encouraged.
* Junto meets on the first Thursday of every month.
Gary Hoover
Think Like an Entrepreneur:
In today's world, we often think of an entrepreneur as the
computer scientist who goes to Stanford or MIT, has a brilliant
idea, raises venture capital, makes billions and lives happily
ever after.
But real entrepreneurs are a much broader species and can
be found everywhere, in businesses small and large, at food
carts and occasionally at corporate desks, in every corner of
the world. Even in the world of non-profits.
Entrepreneurial thinking is key to our future. In his talk
veteran entrepreneur Gary will draw from his years of starting
companies, observing and teaching entrepreneurs, and
studying big business to give us insights about what makes
entrepreneurs think differently.
Bio:
Gary grew up in an Indiana General Motors factory town,
and began asking questions about business at an early age.
Convinced that the best way to change the world (for the better)
was to lead or create enterprises.
He started subscribing to Fortune Magazine when he was 12.
He visited hundreds of corp. HQ and offices before he was 18
and studied the stock market in depth. He questioned, ''What
separates the losers from the winners?''
He studied economics U. Chicago under Milton Friedman
& others. He was a securities analyst for CitiBank, a buyer
for Federated Department Stores and headed acquisitions
and strategic planning May Department Stores.
At 30 he created the book superstore BOOKSTOP. It was
sold to Barnes & Noble for $41.5 million.
In 1990 he began a small business information publisher
Reference Press. It became Hoover's, Inc., the world's largest
Internet-based provider of information about enterprises:
hoovers.com.
It covers thousands of companies around the world,
including private, public and non-profits. It's changed
the way we do things and today employs over 600 people.
He speaks around the world to Fortune 500 execs, trade
associations, entrepreneurs and college & high school students
about how enterprises are built and how they stand the test of
time. He talks about history, geography, demography, curiosity
and other key things. He also maintains a list of new business
ideas, containing over 100 concepts.
Watch Gary's business history talks at:
tiny.cc/HooverTalks
Visit his Youtube site at:
tiny.cc/HoovYoutube
Visit his site at:
hooversWorld.com
Read his bio at:
tiny.cc/HooverBio
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Visit Junto's site for information on current and past speakers,
read previous newsletters, to sign up for the Junto enewsletter:
NYCjunto.com
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twitter.com/NYCJunto
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Junto focuses on libertarianism, Objectivism and investing.
Our founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer.
Visit his site at:
DailySpeculations.com
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Come to Junto, meet these upcoming speakers:
* Nov. 1, Greg Rehmke is program director at Economic
Thinking, a program of E Pluribus Unum Films.
Co-author ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Global Economics''
A regular contributor to DailySpeculations.com. He manages
EconomicThinking.org
Visit his site:
tiny.cc/gRehmke
* Dec. 6, Wayne Leighton, prof. econ., Universidad Francisco
Marroquín (UFM) Guatemala, exec. dir. The Antigua Forum,
co-author "Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers:
The Economic Engine of Political Change." Visit his page at:
tiny.cc/LeightonUFM
* Jan. 3, Donald J. Boudreaux, George Mason U. econ. prof.,
author "Hypocrites & Half-Wits: A Daily Dose of Sanity from
Cafe Hayek." Read his essays and letters to editors here:
CafeHayek.com
* Feb. 7, Ivan Eland, sr. fellow, dir, Center on Peace and
Liberty, Independent Institute, author "The Empire has No
Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed" and "No War for Oil:
U.S. Dependency and the Middle East." Visit his page:
tiny.cc/Eland
plus
we'll celebrate Ayn Rand's 108th birthday.
* Mar. 7, Brink Lindsey, senior fellow, Cato Institute: trade
policy, globalization, U.S. social & cultural history, nature
of human capital. Currently researching economic growth and
policy barriers that impede it. Read more about him:
tiny.cc/LindseyCato
*April 4, Matt Welch, editor in chief Reason, the libertarian
magazine of ''Free Minds and Free Markets,'' co-author ''The
Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can
Fix What's Wrong With America.'' Read more about him at:
tiny.cc/WelchReason
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Galt Niederhoffer is co-producer of the film ''Robot & Frank''
Galt is Victor's daughter. This family comedy stars
Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler,
Jeremy Strong and Liev Schreiber as the voice of the Robot.
Gene Epstein told us this at Junto last month.
It's playing around town. See trailers at:
tiny.cc/GaltRobot
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Man with a Load of Mischief, musical revival, 3 performances
At Junto, over past many months, John Clifton has been
performing parts of his charming 1966 musical. His is a staged
concert performance to attract producers who might want to
finance an open-ended full production later on. Learn more
about it and listen to highlights:
tiny.cc/MischiefRevival
Donate $100 or above, get 2 complimentary tickets and an
invitation to the Pink Champagne VIP Reception after Mon.
evening show. I'll be there. Learn about it here:
tiny.cc/MischiefRevival
Buy tickets for $35 each.
Shows: Mon., Oct. 1, 3:00pm & 7:30pm, Tue., Oct. 2, 3:00pm
Box office: Mon. to Fri., noon to 6:00pm, 212-935-5820,
619 Lexington, enter on 54 St., bet. Lexington and 3rd Ave.
Or order online: tiny.cc/YorkBoxOffice
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Recommended at the last Junto, TV series, 2 Broke Girls
This is a comedy but it deals with starting a business, being
rich or poor. Each show ends showing how much money
they've saved to open a cupcake shop. I found it fun to read the
descriptions of each show in the first season. Mon. on CBS.
Learn about it here:
tiny.cc/BrokeGirls
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Junto speaker, Richard Kostelanetz, has a question
At Junto last month he spoke about the Rockaways. He
writes us: ''My thesis about the NYC Rockaways is that the
Oceanfront towns fell mostly because of moves initiated by
the central city's government. Profit-making entities, the
usual villains, scarcely figured. One theme of my history is
documenting how this decline happened. Are any of you aware
of any worse examples? If so, please let me know. I can't think
of any, at least in the USA.'' You'll find his email address here:
tiny.cc/rKosti
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''Free Market Revolution'' book events in NY and U.S.
Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand Institute exec. dir. & Don Watkins
ARI fellow, are co-authors of ''Free Market Revolution:
How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government''
* Mon., Sep. 17, virtual Q&A with Yaron & Don, live from
8:30pm to 9:30pm, eastern. No registration is required, go to
virtual video feed to participate:
tiny.cc/QAwithBrookWatkins
* Tue., Sep. 18, join Yaron & Don for a reception. They'll
discuss their new book, followed by drinks & dessert bar.
You can buy the book there and they'll personalize them. The
sweetest liberty-minded book launch of the year. I'll be there.
It's free and open to everyone.
7:00pm to 8:30pm, St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55 St. at 5th Ave.
Please RSVP:
tiny.cc/YaronDonBook
*Thu., Sep. 20, Yaron & Don -- Atlas Revolution
With John A. Allison, Carl B. Barney and Stephen Moore
Fundraising reception, program and dinner, 7:00pm to 9:30pm
at the St. Regis Hotel. Learn more and register:
tiny.cc/eventARI
* Mon., Sep. 24, Yaron & Don talk at Cato Book Forum, DC.
Attend free, watch live online, follow on Twitter:
tiny.cc/SepBook.
* Thu., Sep. 27, Yaron & Don private Congressional
Briefing, DC
* Thu., Sep. 27, Yaron & Don, Competitive Enterprise Inst.,
reception & book signing, DC
* Oct. 1, talk by Yaron to Illinois Policy Inst., Liberty Series
Chicago: illinoisPolicy.org
* Yaron talk to Economics Club, Chicago; the Michigan
Tea Party, Canton, MI; and at the SR Businessmen's Luncheon,
Farmington Hills, MI
AND
Yaron spoke about this book at FreedomFest. His talk was
shown on C-Span 2, BookTV this past Sun. and Mon. It can
be can be seen online at the far right of this page:
tiny.cc/YaronBookTV
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''Atlas Shrugged'' Reading Group, Sun., Sep. 23
Robert Begley is the new leader of the discussions. We'll be
discussing part 2, chapter 8, The Moratorium on Brains. Please
read the chapter in advance as preparation for the discussion.
The $5 fee to attend will be sent to the Ayn Rand Inst. for
their program to give novels by Rand to high schoolers and
home schoolers. The Reading Group is sponsored by the
New York Objectivist Society.
Robert founded NY Heroes Society and wrote an essay on
the rock band Rush:
tiny.cc/RushReason
He has two other articles on that site. Some years ago he had
a cable TV program The Voice of Reason.
Sun., Sep. 23, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Bryant Park, behind the
Library bet. 40th & 42nd Sts, bet. 5th & 6th Aves. We'll be at
the statue of Bryant at the west wall of the Library. If it's rainy
we'll be inside the SONY Plaza, Madison, bet. 55th & 56th Sts.
This Reading Group has only one rule, you can't integrate or
refer to material in the text that's after this chapter.
Visit the site:
tiny.cc/AtlasRead
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New York City Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., Sep. 30
Come join us on Sunday, 3:00pm.
As always, we'll talk about Ayn Rand, her works, Objectivist
life, challenges, options, associations and knowledge.
Give and take, open to all, no charge, no reservations.
It's at The Midtown Restaurant, 155 East 55 St., between
3rd and Lexington Avenues, in Manhattan, free.
Benny Pollack, Ayn Rand Meetup organizer says: ''Join our
group of regular Objectivists for a lively discussion on topics
related to Ayn Rand and Objectivist philosophy in general.
''Please join us. If you are already versed in the topic, want
to learn or just want to spend an intellectually stimulating
afternoon, please come. I hope to see you all there.''
The Ayn Rand Meetup is on the last Sunday of each month.
Learn more about it at: AynRand.meetup.com/8
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Constitutional lawyer worth reading about
Lee Clifford, who often attends Junto, recommends the
site of Jonathan Emord, Esq. His site says he ''has an abiding
conviction to achieve full First Amendment protection for
the freedoms of speech and press:''
tiny.cc/Emord
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Liberty Against Anarchy by Barry Loberfeld,
At the last Junto Barry told me about his article in Liberty
Unbound, Aug. 9.
He wrote: ''Surveying the efforts of Free State Project
immigrants to New Hampshire to 'turn the state into a real-life
Libertopia,' Mother Jones (Sep./Oct. 2011) concluded that
there was a 'problem with attempting to create a libertarian
utopia: No one -- least of all libertarians [themselves] -- can
agree on what it looks like.' You see, some libertarians want
even such basic government functions as the police 'converted
into purely voluntary organizations,' while others simply
'believe the problem is too much government, not the existence
of government itself'.'' You can read it all at:
libertyUnbound.com/node/869
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Junto report on Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan in the news
At the last Junto I mentioned that Rand and Ryan had been
the subject of hundreds of articles and, radio and TV items.
Rand & Ryan were on the cover of The New Yorker, were
mentioned one or more times almost daily in the NY Times,
& the subject of a major front page article in The NY Observer.
An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal showed Ryan burned
at the stake, the stake being a copy of ''Atlas Shrugged:''
tiny.cc/RyanAtlas
The illustration is about this: ''In another age, Catholic
progressives would have laughed at the suggestion that people
were corrupted by reading certain works; now they believe
Paul Ryan's soul is in peril for his having read Ayn Rand.''
Also, because Ryan called Rand a philosopher journalists
are suddenly accepting Rand as a philosopher. That hasn't
happened before. In the past they'd write that she ''claimed'' to
be a philosopher and follow it with a nasty crack. It's amazing
to see her simply called a philosopher.
Newsday newspaper reported Rand, Romney & Ryan are
the buzz on Twitter. Across the nation, #RomneyRyan2012
was the top-trending nonsponsored topic on Twitter, with Paul
Ryan second and in seventh place: Ayn Rand.
Because of all this press ''Atlas'' moved up to number 88 on
Amazon's Bestseller List. Many people will read her who might
not have, just to find out what she's about, to find out why so
much is being written about her ideas.
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Ayn Rand Institute on Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand
In Yahoo! Finance, Aug, 29, Harry Binswanger contrasts
Ryan's budget plan with what an ''Ayn Rand budget'' would
look like. He writes:
''The buzz is huge. The web is 'aTwitter' and the streams of
the mainstream media are churning: VP candidate Paul Ryan
is an admirer Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged.'
''The left is particularly exercised. Just Google 'Ryan-Rand
ticket' and you will find a slew of articles at Huffington Post,
Daily Kos, etc., claiming that Rand's Objectivism has 'taken
over the Republican Party'.'...If only!'' More here
tiny.cc/ARbudgetNot
In Foreign Policy magazine, Elan Journo contrasts Ryan's
foreign policy proposals with Rand's conception of a proper
foreign policy. He writes: ''...Ryan has credited philosopher
Ayn Rand with inspiring him to enter politics -- and made her
1,000-plus-page opus, 'Atlas Shrugged', required reading for
his staff. 'The reason I got involved in public service....would
be Ayn Rand,' he said in 2005 at a gathering of Rand fans.
'The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight
of individualism versus collectivism.' It is a theme that
pervades Rand's corpus....'' More here:
tiny.cc/policyNotAR
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The Gold Standard Goes Mainstream
Seth Lipsky, Junto speaker, co-founder of The NY Sun,
had an op-ed in the The Wall Street Journal on Aug. 30.
''In the ferment within today's Republican Party, there’s a
growing realization that America’s system of fiat money is part
of the economic problem.
''An under-reported development of this campaign season
is the Republican Party's decision this week to send Gov. Mitt
Romney into the presidential race on a platform effectively
calling for a new gold commission. The realization that
America's system of fiat money is part of its economic problem
is moving from the fringes of political discussion to the center....''
Read it all at:
tiny.cc/goldSunWSJ
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''Atlas Shrugged'' Part 2 film, TV talk show cameos, Oct. 12
Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity will make a cameo
appearance with other Fox News commentators: Tamara
Holder, Juan Williams and Bob Beckel. They're part of a
scene with a cable news talk show anchor and his panelists.
The film will open on Fri., Oct. 12.
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Most popular subjects, Laissez-Faire blog from Ayn Rand Inst.,
* Ayn Rand and the fight to limit government
* Top 10 books on capitalism for beginners
* Ten must-read books on economics
* Capitalist secrets: Laissez-faire enriched workers
* Capitalist secrets: Capitalism improves our environment
* Capitalist secrets: Capitalism ended child labor
* Did capitalism cause the great depression?
* Yaron answers: Did capitalism cause the financial crisis?
* Yaron answers: What is capitalism and
why do you say it's moral?
Go to any page on this blog and in the far right column,
part way down, you'll find links to these subjects above:
tiny.cc/ARpopular
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Students for Liberty FREE NY Conference, Sat., Oct. 27
At Junto Neil McGettigan, campus coordinator, told us a bit
about this event. Hosted by Columbia U. Libertarians
The largest annual regional conference, bringing together
students from the NYC metro area and all over the NE
You'll hear top speakers in the libertarian movement,
network with other pro-liberty students, discover countless
opportunities for jobs, internships, conferences and seminars
and have a lot of fun with other students.
Register and more info on 2012 NYC Regional Conference:
StudentsForLiberty.org
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Institute for Justice brings cases defending freedom
In their Campaign for Economic Liberty they appeared
before the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
on behalf of the monks of St. Joseph Abbey. They asked the
court to confront head-on whether protecting cartels from
competition at the expense of economic liberty is a
constitutional use of government power. Here's more about it:
tiny.cc/monksCase
And they've filled a First Amendment case in North Carolina,
where their client, Steve Cooksey, is being threatened with
criminal charges for sharing through his website dietary tips
and advice which saved his life.
State officials demand Steve get a government-issued
dietician's license to offer insights through a Dear Abby-style
column. Here's info and a short video about the case:
ij.org/PaleoSpeech
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''The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are
Going Out'' by Leonard Peikoff
Leonard was the founder of the Ayn Rand Institute.
I've been told by a friend who's begun reading this book that
it seem to fulfill the promise of its discription on Amazon:
''With his groundbreaking and controversial DIM hypothesis,
Dr. Leonard Peikoff casts a penetrating new light on the
process of human thought, and thereby on Western culture
and history.
''In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three
methods people use to integrate concrete data into a whole, as
when connecting diverse experiments by a scientific theory, or
separate laws into a Constitution, or single events into a story.
''The first method, in which data is integrated through
rational means, he calls Integration. The second, which
employs non-rational means, he calls Misintegration. The
third is Disintegration -- which is nihilism, the desire to
tear things apart.
''In 'The DIM Hypothesis' Peikoff demonstrates the power
of these three methods in shaping the West, by using the
categories to examine the culturally representative fields
of literature, physics, education, and politics. His analysis
illustrates how the historical trends in each field have been
dominated by one of these three categories, not only today
but during the whole progression of Western culture from
its beginning in Ancient Greece.''
Here's an interview with the author about his book:
tiny.cc/PeikoffTalk
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Atlas Society on Islam and Modernity
This David Kelley founded group has an essay on the
mid-east: Islam's Dreary Cultural Darkness,
by Edward Hudgins, Sep. 14. It begin:
''Most leftists of the Obama ilk and some libertarians as well
need to understand that the hatred and violence in the Islamic
world against America is not simply 'blowback' because of
America's influence in the region and support for corrupt
dictators. The war in Iraq might well have been stupid policy
that did not serve America's best interests. But it deposed a
corrupt dictator and empowered oppressed groups. The truth
is, anti-Americanism in the region is really part of a wider
struggle against modernity....''
Read it, followed by comments by Walter Donway & others:
tiny.cc/Hudgins
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Scale model Manhattan buildings in a home
A few years ago Frank Heynick visited Junto to tell us of
a course he was giving. He's a professor at NYU's School of
Continuing and Professional Studies who taught ''The
Fountainhead in NYC.''
Now he has a site which shows his Mini-Gotham which he's
created in his home. It's 1:48 (1 inch = 48 inches), O scale. The
the tallest building is over 6 feet.
It's his homage to NYC. It's filled with buildings, street
scenes, transportation, etc. He built almost all of it from
scratch, using plexiglass, with plastic and wood trim and
sprayed acrylic surfaces.
It's buildings are mostly in the styles of mid-1920s through
1950s. Much of it's art-deco, with streamlined and geometric
forms. Architects include Frank Lloyd Wright, Raymond Hood,
Ely Jacques Kahn, Walter Gropius and John Mead Howells.
For an extraordinary experience visit his site:
mini-gotham.com
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''What Can I Do?'' from the Ayn Rand Institute
The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights has a page
covering these items: Activism, What Is Activism?, Whom
Should I Try to Influence?, How Should I Address Them?,
Ayn Rand as Intellectual Activist, Speak up, Write letters,
Blog, Join a community group, Time commitment,
Cultural Activism in Action: Health Care, Can We
Change the Culture? and Events.
The page is at:
tiny.cc/ObjActivism
Paul Daniel, who often attends Junto, told us about this site
of encouragement and suggestions.
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70th anniversary of ''We the Living'' film of Ayn Rand's novel
This film was made in Italy of Rand's first partially
autobiographical, novel. The principal actors included Rossano
Brazzi and Alida Valli, then unknowns who later had enormous
international fame.
It's U.S. theatrical restoration and re-release was in 1988.
The circumstances behind the making of it were like fiction.
The Italian Fascists were fighting against Soviet Russia and
thought an anti-Soviet film would be good propaganda for their
citizens. What they didn't understand was that Rand's message
was more universal, that the film's ideas threatened their own
totalitarian regime. The producers hid controversial scenes
from government officials.
When it opened in Rome in 1942 the film's story of three
young people courageously defying the state galvanized
audiences. The portrayed an intelligent, sexually independent
heroine was ground breaking for its time. A huge box-office
success, the movie soon came to be viewed as a sly indictment
of the Mussolini regime.
The film was banned by the Italian government and ordered
to be destroyed. Fortunately, the original negatives were
hidden away. Almost 30 years later they were rediscovered
by Rand's lawyers Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer, and
brought to America.
Rand personally supervised its restoration and re-editing,
working Duncan Scott, longtime Hollywood writer & director.
Duncan has spoken at Junto several times.
It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sep. 14, 1942,
winning a major award.
To order a DVD, stream it, learn more background, see
scenes, stills and more, go to:
WeTheLivingMovie.com
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Aristos, An Online Review of the Arts, new issue online
August issue Michelle Marder Kamhi's article begins: ''Why
is so much 'contemporary art' difficult to understand? As I'll
argue here, both art history and cognitive science shed light
on that knotty question...''
Michelle and Louis Torres, husband and wife, co-wrote
''What Art Is: The Esthetic, Theory of Ayn Rand.'' They've
produced Aristos since 1982. For a time were Junto regulars.
An article in this issue responds to a critical article in the
official magazine Art Education: ''So-called art in prehistoric
caves. No, not the real art -- those magnificent paintings of
animals! -- but abstract markings.''
There's also an article on the ongoing controversy over the
''ill-conceived design for a memorial honoring World War II
hero and former president Dwight Eisenhower.''
Read these and other articles in this issue at:
aristos.org
Aristos also has ''Worth Reading'' and ''Worth Listening To''
links to articles and music in other sites which you may enjoy.
They're at:
facebook.com/AristosOnlineReview
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Objectivist and Libertarian groups and sites.
Andy George has created a folder he gives out at Junto
and Ayn Rand Meetups. Following his inspiration I've used
his list and added a few sites to it. Thank you Andy.
* Groups which meet in Manhattan:
NYC Junto -- nycJunto.org
NYC Ayn Rand Meetup -- meetup.com/AynRand-8
NY Objectivist Society -- tiny.cc/AtlasRead
Ayn Rand NY Tours -- tiny.cc/TourRand
Manhattan Libertarian Party -- manhattanLP.org
* Sites to visit:
Ayn Rand Institute -- AynRand.org
The Atlas Society -- AtlasSociety.org
The Atlasphere -- theAtlasphere.com
The Objective Standard -- theObjectiveStandard.com
Forum for Ayn Rand Fans -- forums.4aynRandFans.com
Philosophy in Action -- philosophyinAction.com
Sense of Life Objectivists -- soloPassion.com
Objectivism Online -- objectivismOnline.com
Rebirth of Reason -- rebirthOfReason.com
Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- mises.org
Institute for Justice -- ij.org
Cato Institute -- cato.org
O List -- oList.com
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Ayn Rand walking tours, 2012
Fred Cookinham offers 5 different Ayn Rand walking tours:
tiny.cc/TourRand
Some dates are scheduled in advance but all are available
as private tours.
Ayn Rand's Park Avenue, EVERY Wed., plus Nov. & private tours
Where Rand lived and held her salons.
Scenes from ''Atlas Shrugged.''
Where Rand learned about architecture from Ely Jacques
Kahn, in his own masterpiece Art Deco building.
Meet on NE corner on east 42nd St. at Vanderbilt Ave.
Grand Central Terminal’s SW entrance.
EVERY Wednesday through September 26 at 6:15pm
November 4, Sunday at 11:00am
November 24, Saturday at 11:00am
Tour also available on request.
Skyscrapers of ''The Fountainhead'' private tours only
The changing styles in architecture -- from Beaux Arts to
Art Deco to International Style -- that form the background
to the story of Roark's struggle.
Was Roark Wright? -- the real-life models for Rand's
characters.
Meet at Number 1 Broadway, at Battery Place.
2-1/2 hour tour, starts at 11:00am
Tour also available on request.
''Atlas Shrugged'' starting in Nov. & private tours
See places Rand researched and fictionalized in her novel,
around and in Grand Central Terminal.
Meet on the SE corner of Park Ave. at E. 50th St.
Outside the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.
1-1/2 hour tour, starts at 11:00am
November 17, Saturday
November 18, Sunday
Tour also available on request.
Ayn Rand Fifth Avenue, private tours only
Art and architecture in the glamour shopping district of the
Twentieth Century world. Central Park South, Rockefeller
Center, the Stork Club, and where Random House published
''Atlas Shrugged.''
Where Rand bought her paintings, clothes & fancy dinners.
Meet at the Columbus statue in Columbus Circle.
2-1/2 hour tour, starts at 11:00am
Tour available on request only.
Ayn Rand on Broadway, private tours only
Skyscrapers, newspapers, Broadway and books.
DeMille, Hellman, and where Alan Greenspan played sax.
Where ''The Night of January 16th,'' ''The Unconquered,''
and ''Think Twice'' were produced.
Isabel Paterson at the Herald Tribune. Patricia Neal, the
Shuberts, the Gershwins, and of course more Art Deco.
Meet on the NE corner of Broadway and W. 49th St.
2-1/2 hour tour, starts at 11:00am
Tour available on request only.
All scheduled tours are $20, $15 for those over 65, except
where noted. Private tours $30 a person.
To arrange for your private tour or for more information,
call Fred at home: 718-397-9019 or on his cell: 917-607-9019
or email him: fcookinham [at] juno.com
''Fred is a kind of poet and street professor....'' Anne Heller,
NY Observer, author of ''Ayn Rand and the World She Made.''
''I encourage those who live here or who visit, to take
advantage of his research, knowledge and ability to
communicate. His perspectives on American history,
libertarianism and Objectivism as well as his appreciation of
the arts integrate many interesting facts and influences on our
culture.'' Lee Clifford, Junto attendee
Fred Cookinham's walking tours keep getting better,
because he never stops researching.
He's often at Junto and Ayn Rand Meetups. Highlights of
previous years Fred gave a special ''Ayn Rand and Free Market
Tour'' for Mont Pelerin Society and ''Ayn Rand's Park Ave.'' on
BBC's Radio 4 ''The Right Stuff.''
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