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Freelancing Your Way to Felicity and Financial Freedom: Part 1
Freelancing is not for everyone. It’s really difficult to both build a career that you’re passionate about and to make good money doing it, but if you’re willing to put in the work and refine your strategies over time, the results can be enormously rewarding.
Contra Rep. Chip Roy, Rights Don’t Come from God
In a recent debate on Second Amendment rights in the House of Representatives, Representative Chip Roy gave an impassioned defense of Americans’ right to own weapons as a means to defend themselves against potential tyranny. Unfortunately, he made a crucial mistake.
Reminder: Courses on Literature, Opportunities, and Objectivism Start Nov. 1
Time is running out to sign up for OSI’s November courses. These life-enhancing classes include "How to Get More Enjoyment from Great Literature, "Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy for Loving Life,", and "The Art of Finding and Creating Opportunity."
Join TOS and OSI in Colorado for TOS-Con 2022!
I invite you to join OSI and hundreds of other life-loving people in Colorado, June 22–25, for TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing. Also, join us for more awesomeness after the conference in Ouray, CO—the inspiration for “Galt’s Gulch” in Ayn Rand’s "Atlas Shrugged."
Thank You to the Heroes of Space Tourism
2021 has been a breakthrough year for space tourism. Although many rightly celebrate these impressive achievements, a large number of people in the press and on social media have criticized them, claiming the money spent on these missions would be better spent fighting poverty or climate change. These detractors make several major errors.
OSI Courses on Literature, Opportunities, and Objectivism
Objective Standard Institute’s second round of autumn courses begin in November. These include “How to Get More Enjoyment from Great Literature,” “Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy for Loving Life,” and “The Art of Finding and Creating Opportunity.”
Rush: My Gateway to Ayn Rand
How did you discover Ayn Rand? Whether you’re new to her work or have loved it for years, there are lots of ways to be introduced to it. Perhaps it was from discussions with family, friends, classmates, or on social media. Perhaps you saw film versions of her...
Join OSI at Battle of Ideas in London
Calling all European lovers of liberty! OSI will have a table at the Battle of Ideas conference in London, October 9–10, 2021, where we will have a selection of OSI materials. Thomas Walker and Elliott Hill will be there to discuss ideas and answer any questions...
How to Read More
If you want to read more, you may stumble upon specific tips such as getting a Kindle or listening to audio books. These are shown to help, but they don’t tackle the essential issue. There’s a philosophical problem going on. You have to adopt a certain mindset.