I don't know whether the school is pursuing it, but I will keep mentioning, because I'd like to see them read in class. I've read the Virtue of Selfishness, Ideal, For the New Intellectual, Capitalism, and Philosophy Who Needs It.

Thanks. When I need to get my blood pressure higher I will read it. :)

Good. Is the school pursuing them? Have you started on the non-fiction yet? I know that it takes time to absorb all the material, especially when you have so many other demands on your intellectual time and so much else.

There are now several relatively recent scholarly books exposing the Roosevelt administration. But the earliest and a classic was John T. Flynn's The Roosevelt Myth, (2nd edition best now). Flynn has been a prominent journalist with The New Republic and an early supporter of FDR -- until he saw what it was. He began reporting the truth and Roosevelt tried to destroy him, going directly to his publishers.

Encourage it for the other novels in later grades.

It's worse than the current Congress going along. It's generally accepted and not considered controversial by most. it's a battle just get people to pay to attention to argument about it.

#2 check

Not a feeble excuse. Moving is a chore I've done too many times and I completely understand. If you get unpacked and remember to post later, I am interested in learning more.

Lindbergh made trips to Germany and met with high government officials. He came back to the US and extolled the efficacy of the Nazi system. He argued against opposition to Hitler's regime and in favor of appeasement basically on the ground that the Germans could not be defeated. Sorry I don't have direct book references but I just moved and my entire library is boxed up in my garage right now waiting for bookshelves to be built. A feeble excuse, I know.

He was another one? Got anything I can read to learn more?

We've made it to the end, haven't we?? At least 7 anyway and it seems to me #2 is hidden by the fact that we still have a (go along) congress & senate.

In my judgement, the absolute worst thing that one human being can participate in - either singularly or as part of a group, is to provide to someone a value which they have not earned. One important caveat being that the definition of "earned" must be left up to the "owner" of said value.

Contrary to popular religious leanings, it is not money nor the love of it (read Francisco's incredible speech in Atlas Shrugged). I would argue that participating in this act is the actual "root of all evil."

When dealing with aspects of existence that do not include man, a human being quickly learns that it is impossible to get something for nothing. He then quickly becomes further aware and formulates a higher abstraction that "for nature to be commanded she must first be obeyed."

Unfortunately, when combined with what a friend terms the "ABC's of accepted morality" (Altruism, Brothers keeper, Common good), together with their inevitable politics, this morality logically leads to the now all-too-common "awareness" of seeming to be able to obtain something for nothing. It has literally become an industry. To the extent it and the morality that "justifies" it exists, it serves to reinforce the idea that not only can it be done, but that it is morally "proper" to expect, seek, and demand it!

Socialism satisfies the expectations and the political basis for its fulfillment.

The best of luck to you, Susanne! If we end up going to the same school, I'll definitely join! -grin-

" the book being "The Challenge of Democracy"."
I looked up the book on Amazon - $143 for paperback. That's a huge gravy train for the author and/or publisher. Even a really good and popular paperback would not command that price without it being required for a class.

I looked... there isn't one now... meaning it's ripe for someone --grins-- to make it happen...

You hit that so spot on with "regurgitate"... I am trying so hard to find some way of NOT becoming Bulimic over all this...

personal power and wealth stand in the way of any sort of
"normal" rational thought among the political elites.
it's infuriating to me, and I try to make noise about it,
but it's like trying to teach a pig to dance. -- j
.

yeah, USPS, the railroads, the FDA, the government indocrination centers (public schools), Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, social security. The list goes on and one. We should just look at Venezuela to see the end game of socialism

You'd think they'd realize it by now? Yeah, right!

yes, and it's amazing how much money is being
invested overseas because of our national business
taxes. . if we dropped those, we'd have jobs and
jobs and jobs. . so nutso! -- j
.

In Alaska, we bleed the oil companies dry; every time a new tax is announced, I feel like screaming, "Who is going to supply your electricity when Exxon-Mobil or Conoco-Phillips goes out of business?"

Just get through the test, Susanne, and I'll send you all of my Pepto-Bismol!
Does your school have an Objectivist campus club? It could be worth joining.

yes, if the rich didn't pull us up, we'd be ... no, we are
floundering around. . they have been shackled so heavily
that the process of pulling us up is seriously impeded. -- j
.

Just remember to regurgitate the party line!