Letter About Palin Goes Viral Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400 This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook. Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400 Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools. Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
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Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama. Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . . Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley. Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . . James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility? James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Catholic Encyclopedia: Egoism - Synopsis and short refutation.
Meta Description: [ Synopsis of this ethical system, and short refutation ]
Egoism/Altruism Test - A free egotism/altruism test scored on-line. Evaluates self-centeredness.
Meta Description: [ Are you self-centered, or are you able to give and share? Egoists think of themselves, while altruists are compassionate towards others. Find out which way you lean with the Egoism/Altruism Test. ]
Egoist Webring - Sites of people who acknowledge egoism either philosophically or psychologically.
Meta Description: [ The egoism ring consists of people who acknowledge egoism either philosophically or psychologically. Philosophically, value is placed on self with regard to society and relationships. Psychologically, ]
Stirner's Egoism - An introduction to Stirner's ideas in contrast to religion.
The Egoist Archive - An archive of Stirnerite egoism. Includes Max Stirner, Dora Marsden, Benjamin Tucker, James Walker, and Sid Parker.
Meta Description: [ An archive of egoist philosophy
related to Max Stirner. Includes the major works of Stirner which have
been translated into english, german versions of the lesser works,
commentaries on Stirner, and various articles by egoist
editors and writers John L. Walker, Dora Marsden, and Sid Parker. ]
The Virtue of Selfishness - Article on what Ayn Rand meant when she described selfishness as a virtue.
Meta Description: [ What does Ayn Rand mean when she describes selfishness as a virtue? ]