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Monday, January 11, 2010
Rand and what she's made
I post this video, in particular, for only the first 5 seconds or so. I could have chosen many others; the point is that the vlogger in question has a low opinion of those with whom he disagrees.
It wasn't always that way. Brandon Cropper and I were in college together, years back, in a class or two. It would be an outright lie to say we were friends, and I personally would be very surprised if he remembered me at all. It was pure accident when, last year, I stumbled on his Youtube videos, and had a brief moment of realization that this was the same person who I had shared a class on Existentialism with.
You can imagine how that went, if you watch his large output of videos, on both his current channel and his previous one. Mr. Cropper (his handle of choice) is a vocal, passionate and committed devotee of Ayn Rand and her Objectivist and Ethical Egoist philosophies. He is an ardent foe of what we clumsily refer to as the postmodern, and holds that those who traffic in it and its tropes are worse than wrong, but deceitful, corrupt, vile. So you could expect that a class in French existentialism-- taught by a committed existentialist and populated by undergrads who either accepted the kind of folk relativism popular in all college environs or were too disaffected to challenge the professor-- would not be one that he was likely to enjoy. (That class, incidentally, was taught by Eleanor Godway, a passionate and brilliant teacher; it was among my most important formative intellectual experiences.)
Yet despite the distance between the subject matter and his eventual ideology, I remember Brandon as an engaged and engaging student. He would frequently-- almost always, really-- push back against the reading or against the class's interpretation of it, but never in an aggressive or aggrieved way that threatened the emotional integrity of the class. Even though I was the other most vocal student in the class, and I was the one spouting the constructivist arguments I did (and do) hold to be of use, he was never anything but warm to me-- even if, at times, his frustration towards the professor, the class, and me were all evident. I don't know how much of an intellectual evolution he has undergone, on the level of ideas, since then-- he mentioned Rand frequently then, and was clearly taken with her work.
What is clear, though, is that a frankly incredibly hardening has happened with him since then. He has developed a certitude, and a rejection of any contrary opinion, and a pitched, proud disrespect for anyone who doesn't agree with the entire suite of his intellectual project. In this, he is perfectly typical of the other Objectivists that I have read or interacted with. He is, as far as I understand, quite a popular vlogger among the Objectivist set. The willingness to listen, the curiosity, the belief in the friendship inherent in the exchange of ideas, all seem gone. In their place stand a crude, angry and embittered certitude. Whatever questions he had then he has long since answered now.
And it's this, ultimately, that makes Rand so corrosive, so deadening to the heart of the intellectual project. People far abler than I have prosecuted the case against Rand, and I don't intend to rehash it here. But this tendency of her writings and her philosophy to compel people to slap concrete on the foundation of their own ideas, to build a moat around their intellectual life, to categorize the whole world into the tiny fraction who are worthy and the great horrid mass that are simply not to be listened to in any circumstance... this is the greatest failing of the woman and her teachings. There are a worse things to inspire people towards-- genocide, war, ethnic cleansing-- but still, a philosopher whose greatest contribution is a vast incuriosity is a dismal thing.
And, you know, if you peruse Mr. Cropper's videos for awhile you'll learn that he thinks poor people choose to be in poverty and deserve it, that we should not feed the starving, that the American Indians were a collection of idiots who were rightly colonized by a superior power, that war is often preferable to peace, that religion is a mental disease, that modern cosmology and particle theory are a scientific conspiracy, that we won the Vietnam war, that we are and should be at war with Islam (because Muslims are inherently irrational and hateful), that nuclear armed nations should enforce their advantage in the capacity for physical violence against other nations without conscience, that global warming is a myth, that child labor should be reinstated as it is a moral and rational edifice, that poetry always must rhyme or is not poetry, and his most cherished and frequently expressed idea, that the edifice of modern higher education is in total a conspiracy against the people, perpetrated by educators who knowingly disseminate nonsense, and that this is the reason for his failure to ascend to the pinnacle of intellectual achievement. Some of these can be directly attributed to Rand's philosophy; many can't. But the framework that creates them can indeed be blamed on a corpus that tells people, again and again and again, that the more they are disagreed with, the more it proves their genius; that it is a mark of honor to generate contrary opinion but not to listen to it; that nothing is at last as valuable as an idea that is an affront to the lice, the vermin, the trash.
A friend of mine recently let me know that she was reading Ayn Rand, and was mesmerized by it; and how to respond? To say that the sum of my beliefs stand in opposition to Rand's would be a shocking understatement. To say that I disagree with her would be to fail to express my moral revulsion in the face of her vulgar and ugly project, my horror in the knowledge that such adamant support for ruthlessness, callousness and contempt are not only possible but popular. Yet to tell this friend that she shouldn't read Ayn Rand would be to fail in exactly the way I have identified. No banned books, no forbidden ideas. Even to caution her against what she found there, to deride Rand or her books, before she had read them, would be to break the compact that says that books are to be read first and contradicted second. So what could I do, but to urge that she keep an open mind, and to hope that she enjoyed herself?
There are many things I would like to say to Brandon: to confront him with the oddity of his own frequently unstable economic situation, if his beliefs on virtue and wealth are what they are; to say that there perhaps isn't so much difference between his solicitations for donations for the school he wishes to start and those for charitable causes; to point out that a parents' wealth is the most consistently correlative factor in a child's eventual wealth; to ask how a philosophy that is supposed to be based on Aristotle's logic can contain such rampant argument through assertion; to ask whether there might not be some truth to the inherent destabilization of language; to wonder whether perhaps some aspects of science describe natural phenomena simply too complicated to be dissolved down to broad understandings of "rationality"; to say that rights are meaningless without responsibility; to wonder what to do with the human heart and its yearnings for compassion. But in the face of all this, I'm afraid I would likely be greeted with derision and a closed mind. I don't have to suppose that; he's said it, again and again.
In this conversation, of course, we are disadvantaged. Even after my friend has read and absorbed those works, if she were to take them and run with them as some have-- as Mr. Cropper has-- I couldn't claim certainty, or the mantel of the righteous or rational, in my arguments against those ideas. I couldn't make an appeal to some real and timeless truth. The books themselves, meanwhile, and their many acolytes, insist again and again on this certitude. Against a defiant and explicit "objectivity" we can respond only with the contingent. With the contingent, and with kindness. I have felt a certain affection for Brandon, as I have picked through his videos, even while he is saying things that are frankly repugnant to me. And I would be lying if I didn't say that there are times when he says things that are really perceptive and bright. He's an intelligent guy, with a dedication to his intellectual project I admire. I can't dismiss him, or any other followers of Rand, or risk losing all of them in the way so many of them have lost so many others.
There's a lesson, in all of this, I think, about charity, and about grace. I have frequently failed to involve either in my many debates. I think it is my duty to extend such things to Mr. Cropper, even as he would reject such things from me-- and in the proper way to honor someone else's beliefs when they include not wanting you to honor them, there is another dilemma. The marketplace of ideas is a cold and disorienting world, and I am frequently reminded of how even those who we consider friends and bear affection for can often appear grim and aggressive. The decision to continue to extend the spirit of friendship, and of fraternity, in the face of such divisions is the ultimate refutation of Rand and what she stands for.
35 comments:
- paul said...
As someone who read through Rand from age 15-16 and was a mostly devoted follower until age 17, who then went into greener pastures and is now doing philosophy for a living --- the most annoying and soul-crushing thing about Ayn Rand is what a horrible philosopher she is. There simply aren't "arguments"; she makes vaguely Aristotelian and Nietzschean assertions without understanding what metaphysics or arguments are. She is outsider art; she is a Dostoevsky character.
- January 12, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Sonny Bunch said...
Let's leave aside the Rand stuff for a moment, and consider whether or not the difference in venue -- the Internet, talking into a webcam vs. a classroom, talking to real people -- is more responsible for the change in persona than the philosopher he is enamored with. Creating a persona on the web demands stridency and black and whites (or, at least, it is the easiest way to create a persona and gain a following). The same is not necessarily true in the classroom.
- January 12, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Freddie said...
That is true, Sonny, and what I meant to mention, and did not, is that I am not at all of the opinion that Brandon or anyone like him has no reasonable complaints to make about how the educational establishment might treat them. Those arguments are typically overblown, but not baseless, and deserve a friendly hearing. And you're right, of course, about what is necessary to gain a large audience on the Web. So much the worse for us.
I do have to say again, though, that it is very much the explicit and unambiguous dictate of Rand's that her philosophy is to be accepted completely or to be rejected utterly, and that further those who reject it are looters or parasites. The advantage of arguing against Rand is that you very rarely, if at all, need make inferences to make less charitable readings of her work; she has made them all for you.
- January 12, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Ian McCullough said...
Recently, the house next to mine was purchased by the lead singer of a rock band dedicated to Objectivism. The utterly horrific fantasies I imagined have not come about; they are decent, hard working kids and good neighbors if terribly misguided. But it reinforced something I decided about Rand while working in a bookstore - don't judge an Objectivist under 30. Time, and a few kicks in the ass by life, usually takes care of Objectivism. Others harden their resolve like your former classmate.
- January 13, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Morgan Warstler said...
I think you have a weird obsession with this Brandon guy. Otherwise, if you wanted to truthfully critique Rand devotees, you'd go find the best among them and put your brain against theirs.
Just listening to him makes me less impressed with you. THIS is a worthy opponent?
Certainly not you say, Brandon is the archetype Randian...
No he's not. Don't be foolish. He's not even close. You'll find an out-sized percentage of small business owners, hackers, technologists, science fiction readers, CEOs are Rand devotees.
It is honest to simply say this: amongst the individual doers of our society there is a propensity to believe in the philosophical affirmation of doing, in the supremacy of doing.
Also, I'd very much like to see your sourced datasets on this:
"a parents' wealth is the most consistently correlative factor in a child's eventual wealth"
hope this helps.
- January 17, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Nice article, but would you elaborate a bit on what you mean when you write "to ask whether there might not be some truth to the inherent destabilization of language" ?
- January 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- jeff house said...
"Objectivism" is actually "subjectivism". It is one particular subject, Anne Rand, making assertions which she insists you adopt--based entirely on the intensity of her assertion.
If you adopt what she proclaims, then you are a Really Wonderful Person; and, you will be Rich!
As for the no-goods who have no money, or worse, disagree with her, they have no value. |Perhaps they could be deported to camps.
- January 17, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Rufus said...
It is honest to simply say this: amongst the individual doers of our society there is a propensity to believe in the philosophical affirmation of doing, in the supremacy of doing.
It's also pretty much devoid of meaning, isn't it? The people who "do" sure believe in "doing". It's banal, almost to the point of saying nothing in the English language. Projecting meaning onto non-statements is akin to religious charlatanism.
- January 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Recipe for Objectivism:
Take one portion of Nietzsche and remove all scraps of intellectual integrity and penetrating criticism.
Fold what remains into a thin mixture of middle class philistinism, avarice and generalized dyspepsia.
Mix in a healthy dollop of adolescent narcissism raised to an - almost - metaphysical first principle.
Bake this mixture into an a truly inedible and self-indulgent prose.
Serve as "uncompromising insight" to sad folks who believe that "success" (whatever that is) can be learned from business seminars, motivational speakers and pulp philosophy.
Warning: each serving of Objectivism contains less than 2% daily allowance of most essential intellectual vitamins and minerals
- January 17, 2010 at 2:43 PM
I realize that this is early in the year, but this is most certainly the most thoughtful blog post I've read this year--and, in fact, for quite some time. You've put into words what's disappointing about a political philosophy that leads to incuriosity about the world, ideas, and people. I feel that I have no purchase on ideas that are, as you write, so oppositional to my own: where to begin? Your offer of friendship is about the only humane thing one can do in such circumstances.
I'd never read your blog before this, but will continue to do so. Please keep writing.
- January 17, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Morgan Warstler said...
Rufus, you didn't take my meaning.
People who build stuff, start businesses, invent things, hire employees, they are more likely to like Rand because her work recognizes those things are harder to do than other things, like be a journalist, a teacher, a government employee, a 40 hour worker, etc.
My point is that Rand is popular amongst people who work 100 hours a week, not amongst people who are greedy. There are huge swaths of lazy greedy people... those people are not Rand fans, they are socialists.
If you don't see that in your dealings with Rand fans, than you probably are spending a bunch of time talking to guys like Brandon (dude in the video), again my first comment stands, the blogger here needs to compare himself to better libertarian minds.... the fool above is a straw man.
- January 17, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Brian said...
"Rand is popular amongst people who work 100 hours a week, not amongst people who are greedy."
Really? Most business people I know who work that hard don't really have time for Rand or really reading outside of their business field. That's literally 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Morgen he's not talking about liberterians. He's talking about Randians I think and they are special kinda of nuts.
- January 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM
While this obvservation is gratuitously rude, I'm almost of the mind that adherence to Objectivism (in persons older than 30 or so, following Ian's advice) ought to be added to the DSM as a diagnostic criteria for Cluster B personality disorders.
- January 17, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- Jamie said...
This is as perfect a description of what's wrong with Rand as I've seen. Nicely done.
Of course, one of the great ironies of her silly, silly work is that her superficial version of Nietzsche misunderstands and ignores everything that's really challenging and smart about Nietzsche.
You want to find the roots of the philosophical interest in the instability of meaning and in language as the primary object of epistemology? You want to find the first guy to figure out this thing that we sloppily call postmodernism? Go read you some Nietzsche. You start with his "will to power" and its an awfully short trip to Foucault's "will to truth." And that's why Niezche's valuable.
Rands idiotic, insensitive idea of what Neitzche was about (did she know what irony was) is reason enough to dismiss her as a serious thinker or even a serious person.
Many people who are more seriously engaged with philosophy have made this case better than I can. But still. She doesn't even regurgitate other people's work convincingly.
Of course, it could all just be a giant conspiracy that mainstream academic who study literature or philosophy think she's work taking seriously. Yeah, that must be it.
It's like when Fox News people complain about the liberal media. It's pathetic. I admire your generosity in not dismissing these people out of hand. I have trouble mustering up that same generosity. Rand's ideas aren't really more sophisticated than what really smart teenagers think. Lots of smart kids go through a Rand phase. Some of them just don't grow out of it. The idea that we need to take such juvenile silliness seriously is just infuriating, but that's the world we live in. If she were the fringe figure she deserves to be it wouldn't be so bad, but she's sadly influential.
- January 17, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Jamie said...
I just have to point out to Morgan that most teachers work very long hours, and they don't get the kind of compensation that other professions that require similar amounts of education and similar workloads require. Many people who work in higher ed could leave there teaching posts for private jobs and make a lot more money and work a lot less. I know people who've made the transition from academia into industry. Many of us don't because we like what we do. And as a matter of fact, many people in higher ed do a lot of consulting to industry.
The idea in your last post is pretty much the point that original post is refuting. Rand fans, according to you, are hardworking worthy people. All of us who think she's silly couldn't possibly be as hardworking and serious as her fan club.
It's all about moral worth, not about idea. If I was just harder working, I'd see how smart Rand really is.
Come on now. Be serious.
- January 17, 2010 at 4:03 PM
As far as Ayn Rand herself goes, my guess is Borderline Personality Disorder seems the most likely disorder, given her traumatic and detached childhood, her need for constant attention, and her pervasive black-and-white thinking.
- January 17, 2010 at 4:09 PM
I do not know of Brandon Cropper. But I've read Rand and it seems to me that you have managed to mischaracterize or twist the values that Rand espoused. I do not recall Rand spouting the kinds of broadsides you throw at Cropper: "poor people choose to be in poverty and deserve it, we should not feed the starving, American Indians were idiots rightly colonized by a superior power, war is preferable to peace, religion is a mental disease, child labor should be reinstated as it is a moral and rational edifice, poetry always must rhyme or is not poetry..." I know you are calling out Cropper but let's not tar Rand with any of that brush. To me, Ayn Rand spoke bravely and eloquently to the value and power of the individual. The fact that you find this "repugnant" is interesting.
- January 17, 2010 at 4:53 PM
>>Also, I'd very much like to see your sourced datasets on this:
"a parents' wealth is the most consistently correlative factor in a child's eventual wealth" <<
If you're genuinely curious, read Charles and Hurst's paper "The Correlation of Wealth Across Generations" (a web search will easily turn it up). I quote from their conclusion:
Using data from the PSID, we document substantial intergenerational persistence in wealth. The age-adjusted elasticity of child's wealth with respect to parents' wealth is around 0.37. These intergenerational relationships are large, especially since we only focus on households who have not yet received bequests from their parents.
I don't have the paper handy, but it's a well-established conclusion that the non-college-graduating children of wealthy parents have higher incomes than the college graduate children of poor parents.
- January 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- SteveSchalchlin said...
The real issue, if I hear you right, isn't Objectivism or your friend at all. There are several questions here. Beside the basic question of how we treat someone we perceive as "the other."
There is also the question of how we decide that someone else is an "other."
- January 17, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- James said...
"While this obvservation is gratuitously rude, I'm almost of the mind that adherence to Objectivism (in persons older than 30 or so, following Ian's advice) ought to be added to the DSM as a diagnostic criteria for Cluster B personality disorders."
Rude? I once knew a smart non-mentally ill objectivist who took a standardized personality test and came back with a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome. But he didn't have Asperger's syndrome.
He was just smart enough to answer every question with an Objectivist slant...
- January 17, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- Morgan Warstler said...
Jamie, don't be ridiculous.
This is why the blogger here says what he says. Because everyone even teachers want to believe they work REALLY HARD.
Of course they really don't. The great great masses, of which teachers are are a part, would crumble under 100 hour work weeks.
The issue isn't why Rand fans are like, the issue I keep pointing out is that the truly hard working tend towards Rand, be they devotees or simply libertarians.
It isn't really up for debate. Show me a someone working harder than than 95% of the others, and I'll show you someone MUCH MORE likely to like appreciate Rand.
Deal with it.
- January 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Steve said...
"this is most certainly the most thoughtful blog post I've read this year--and, in fact, for quite some time"
Well said. Subscribed.
- January 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- Jamie said...
I can't claim that most teachers work 100 hours a week, so I suppose I should concede that point.
Although since very few people work 13plus hour days 7 days a week, I'm not sure what the point is.
Almost nobody works 100 hours a week. My Dad owns a business that has him working 354 days a year. Most week days are 12 hour days. By any reasonable standard, I'd say he works a lot.He doesn't work nearly 100 hours a week.
I'm not really sure why it is admirable to say that you do work 100 hours a week. If you really work those hours and you are doing so for selfish, Randian reasons, then I'm not sure you're a particularly bright person. Unless you really, really love your job.
I'm tempted to say that anybody who works that many hours might deserve ridicule. "Thanks for contributing so much to society chump!" But I'll be nice. All props to the entrepreneur.
I just wanted to stop myself to point out what a silly post this is, but it's your silly point I'm responding to, so I'll forge ahead.
Many teachers do work 50-60 hours a week, which is a bit more than average. A young academic spends most of his/her time on the high end of that number, and they work a lot of nights trying to write publishable material. Academia is in fact very competitive.
Doctors and some lawyers and executive work longer hours. They get paid more too.
Just to be clear, I'm not particularly invested in "who works the hardest." Who cares? I'm on the point because you somehow seem to think it's important.
"The least lazy people love Rand" says you. "That's the silliest thing I've ever heard" says me. "Many higher ed. teachers work longer hours than average (statistically true. . they are in a high percentile. . . we navel gaze so we know silly fact about ourselves), and they think Rand's an idiot" says me. "They aren't in the superduper long hours club. Everybody EVEN TEACHERS think they work hard" says you. "Well, okay, but that point is. . . silly" says me.
Actually, you are kinda making the point for me. According to you, people like Rand because she flatters their view of themselves. People who choose to work really long hours, according to you, think she's great. I doubt that's particularly true (it might be true of some professions), but even if it is, it doesn't speak to the merits of her ideas at all. Is she a cult writer for overachievers? If so, ya'll have fun. But don't expect the rest of us to take you seriously.
The length of this post isn't helping case. Talk bout being unproductive.
- January 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Jamie said...
I'm just struck by your use of the phrase "the great masses." Do you wear a cape? Are you looking down from your tower of doom?
Is there an objectivist out there who doesn't perceive him/her self as being one of the exceptional people? How nice for you.
- January 17, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- A.R.Yngve said...
So what's the deal with Objectivists objecting to cosmology and particle science? Do tell more. I'm sure we all want to hear every detail of Ayn Rand's Grand Unifying Theory of the Universe.
And please, by all means show us all the available Objectivist research on cosmology and particle physics...
Ah, someone is "working hard" on that:
"Objectivism can not, by its own tenets, accept that the Theory of Relativity is a valid theory, and I personally am working my hardest to come up with an alternative. I'm not a physics student, however, so this is pretty hard. You all seem like smart people, so any help with this would be appreciated."
(Source: http://forum.objectivismonline.net/index.php?showtopic=4684 )
Yeah, physics is hard. Makes you wonder -- for a whole two seconds -- why the field hasn't been taken over by Objectivism.
But let's be generous here! If Objectivist Physics manages to produce a tangible result, like a spaceship that runs on Pure Willpower, that'd be fantastic. By all means try! I guarantee there will be no scientific conspiracy to stand in the way. Promise!
[Does Secret Handshake of the Global Scientist Cabal]
- January 18, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Morgan Warstler said...
Jamie, I'm not an objectivist.
I said people working long long hours, submerged in something of their own creation, are the kind of people who like Rand.
There are such a group of people, that is a small observable romantic group... great accomplishments are more likely born from this group.
You can poo-poo them, but They contribute greatly to society. You can not grant them their due. But you will buy their products, you will use their inventions, and they will gain greater leverage in the world for their work.
None of this are you disputing. I think you just don't like me pointing it out.
Instead you want to pretend that Rand's fanbase is more like the goof-ball embedded above.
Why lie to yourself? Do you really resent the weirdos who sacrifice everything to see their dream come alive? Do you do the same thing with sports heroes?
Let me say it this way, love of Rand is about someone feeling special, it is about recognizing that their is such a thing as, "special."
People who dislike her, tend to have a real problem with that concept. Do you?
- January 18, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Jamie said...
Do I "resent" people who work hard and achieve stuff? No.
Do I think they are better at political or philosophical thinking, more insightful, or necessarily smarter? No.
Because you work "100 hours a week" and build stuff doesn't mean you are an expert in anything outside of your field. Which is kinda my point. You argue that people who work really hard in certain fields like Rand and I should be impressed by that for some reason.
The political or philosophical opinions of whatever hard working capitalist you'd like to name don't really hold much sway just because they work really hard and are therefore somehow "special." Some of those people ARE special. Some of them are just privileged. It's not really my business to rank people though. What's the point? People generally work hard for motivations other than helping society. And I should valorize that because? (I'm not condemning it either. It's neither here nor there, which is kinda why Ayn Rand is foolish.)
Are some high achieving capitalists "special"? Sure. They contribute stuff. Great. But can we extrapolate any kind of useful political, economic, philosophical ideas from the idea that "hey, Steve Jobs is really good at designing and marketing computers!" Not that I can see.
Does that mean that if I'm a political liberal (I am sometimes, I'm not sometimes) that I "resent" Steve Jobs for having lots of cash? That's stupid and you know it. You won't come out and say it, but that seems to be your implication. "You don't like Ayn Rand because you resent successful people."
I LIKE exceptional people. I find mediocrity and banality stifling. Are workaholics and sports heroes in my "special class" of people. No actually. Artists and philosophers, humanitarians, great teachers, articulate contrarians . . . now we're talking.
I DO like special, exceptional people, which is why I don't like Ayn Rand. She's popular because she's easy to understand and because her ideas flatter the reader. "I'm one of the special chosen smart people." If a 16 year old is capable of really grasping it, it ain't that special. I used to be a 16 year old. How many people go through a Rand phase in college?
One of the big problems I have with your earlier posts (if you haven't noticed) is that you privilege the work that entrepreneurs do over the work that other people do. I picked teachers out of the list because I know more about that. I could easily pick "government workers" who are often smart and hard working as well. I know "government workers" who are highly trained engineers who do highly specialized difficult work. Politics is highly specialized and difficult work. Politicians work insane hours. Are they in the chosen group? Only if you agree with their politics?
Ayn Rand is emotionally gratifying for some people. Some of those people might be very productive people who work really hard.Of course, I'm perhaps conceding the point while insisting that its a stupid point. Fair enough. You win. I'm sure there are some really smart, hardworking people who contribute a lot to society who like Ayn Rand. But only if you concede that there are some really smart, hardworking people out there who think she's a cretin. That doesn't get us very far does it?
- January 20, 2010 at 7:24 PM
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- January 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Mary Anne said...
I think many of us have had our Ayn Rand 'period'. Kind of marks a stage in the evolution of consciousness. In your comments and the posts that follow I hear what I have come to understand as different perspectives on what is 'true'. Been blogging on this myself to try to intergrate quantum weirdness and what I experience as reality. Am at the point in my own evolution where I 'get' that everything is true and nothing is true.... Neti, Neti. You have your truth, Mr. Cooper has his, I have mine. It has to do with our 'position' in spacetime. A unique perspective.... a holographic fragment. Within us all is some fuzzy awareness of the whole picture, but the details? I think that is what everyone is trying to get at and doing so in whatever way makes sense to them.
- January 27, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Anoother anoonymoose said:
"I'm almost of the mind that adherence to Objectivism...ought to be added to the DSM as a diagnostic criteria for Cluster B personality disorders."
It's there, under a broader category:
- January 31, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- MrCropper said...
For more on the Objectivist view of particle physics, see David Harriman's "crisis in Physics" and other works.
Mr. Cropper, himself
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Updating interfaces for iPad 3: Why your favorite app might take a while to go Retina
Depending on how an app was designed and developed, updating for an iPad 3 Retina display could take days or weeks
Flash forward — After lining up for hours, or sitting at home all day waiting for a courier to arrive, you finally have your hands on an iPad 3 with its amazing Retina display. A display with over 3.1 million pixels. All of them difficult to distinguish, because they're so damn tiny. Text is crisp. Photos look are amazing. This thing is gorgeous.
You launch your favourite app and notice things aren't as amazing as they were a few seconds ago. The app in question doesn't contain Retina image assets -- the pictures that make up the user interface elements are at the iPad 2's screen resolution, so things look as blocky as they did on your previous iPad. What's going on?
Custom UI vs standard UI
When creating an iOS app, developers can choose to use Apple's supplied UI (user interface) elements, they can create their own, or they can use a mixture of the two.
If they choose to only use Apple's in-built elements, then the onus is on Apple to ensure everything is designed to take advantage of the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPad 3's Retina displays. No additional work needs to be done by the developer. Apps like this will look great on the iPad 3 on day one.
For designs using entirely custom elements, every single part of the user interface needs two images created — one for the previous, non-Retina size, and another at the new, double resolution Retina size (these contain "@2x" at the end of the filename). A simple app may only contain tens of images, but most of the prettier iOS apps also contain a large amount of individual images to construct their overall design. Some of the apps I've worked on have well over 300 images, so by the time we've finished creating the Retina assets, that's doubled to over 600 images.
Depending on the designer and developer involved, each image may take up to a few minutes to create. Multiply that by the images required and it can often be a daunting, awkward, repetitive task. This also assumes the artwork was created using vector layers and layer styles in Photoshop (or a similar, freely scalable method). If it hasn't, there's a good chance everything will need to be rebuilt from scratch, using vector layers and layer styles, turning a few solid days' worth of work into something that might span weeks.
Thankfully, the transition from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4 has taught a lot of iOS designers to work in ways that make creating two sets of images easier. If you're a designer looking to learn ways to improve your workflow when building non-Retina and Retina images, I've written articles on Designing for Retina and automated exporting.
Preparation is the key
Some developers have made the assumption that a Retina iPad was on the horizon, and have already included Retina images in their apps. However, I suspect the vast majority haven't, even if they have the images on hand — being double the width and height also means the images are bigger in file size, which may push the total app size over the 20MB 3G download limit (apps bigger than 20MB can't be downloaded over 3G networks).
Why doesn't iOS just use vectors for everything?
If the issue is that pixel based images look blocky when they're scaled, why aren't vector based image formats, like SVG and PDF, used for iOS? Sometimes SVGs and PDFs are used in iOS development, but only rarely -- they're not the method Apple recommends. Vector formats tend to be far more resource hungry, especially for photorealistic icons, due to the amount of layers that have to be drawn independently to create the final visual. Mobile devices just don't have the grunt or memory to draw everything on the fly.
That's ok though -- think of the bitmap images used in iOS apps as pre-rendered vectors. The tools developers use to create the initial design should be easily scalable, but the final assets used in the app should be bitmaps, because they offer better performance (everyone loves silky smooth scrolling).
Good developers will know what's required of them, but may not want to start the arduous task ahead until the iPad 3 is announced (keep in mind that until Apple announces, we don't really know anything for sure). So please be a little patient if your favourite app doesn't take full advantage of the iPad 3's Retina display on launch day.
Marc Edwards is the founder Bjango and co-host of the mobile design podcast, Iterate.
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Updating interfaces for iPad 3: Why your favorite app might take a while to go Retina
Hurry up and take my money indeed.
Great article and great point. There will be some people who'll say, "Why does Facebook look like crap on my new iPad!? Apple is stupid!" Easy people, easy.
An excellent article idea for iMore would be to list apps (at least the more popular ones) that will be Retina ready Day 1. I would think developers would cooperate because everyone buying a 3 would want to download Retina apps ASAP to see the quality difference. I may not buy a particular game today, but would spend a couple of bucks if I know it looks amazing on my new 3.
I've been meaning to get into chess for some time now. I've had a board (never ueochtd), on the Mac (never at my computer except for work) and grabbed 1 or 2 from the App Store. Still never stuck. The apps just weren't polished enough, or didn't feel right to me.Last night I downloaded this. Wow. Amazing job on this one. The simplicity is what makes it so elegant. Love, love, love the work you did on this game.Making it universal after being released two years ago shows your level of commitment to customers. It's this type of thinking that will bring more to you faster.
Great article Marc, keep them coming! But ironically, Siri will help to reduce the need for all that "chrome." We think many apps that deliver small amounts of information (the kind of apps that currently have the fanciest, most photo-realistic graphics) could go Siri-only.
Of course, that won't happen until Apple opens up the Siri API to developers. We can't wait.
For last few months this is only article that is written highly professional & contains some serious talking about iPad 3 features/possible issues.
Seems that iPad 3 apps will be massive! Cloud computing could be great solution combined with LTE. In that way we could have big amount of apps that we launch from servers via high-speed network. Second solution is to have massive storage space on iPad 3.
I assume that big companies & developers already have instructions from Apple about requirements for iPad 3. Their Retina ready apps will be ready for download few days after iPad 3 get to stores.
As a UI designer I'm beyond excited to start working on resources for iPad3 apps, I've even started to convert my own personal project to @2x for a quicker transition.
I'm not an Apple fan boy - But I'm starting to be...

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Stefanie Shelton wants her East Tennessee State women's golf team to act like it belongs when the NCAA East Regional begins on Thursday, mostly because she knows it does.
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• The Milligan men's team is headed to the NAIA national tournament next week. The Buffaloes won the Appalachian Athletic Conference qualifier in April to earn a spot.
Tony Wallingford, the AAC's coach of the year, will take his team to Creekside Golf Club in Salem, Ore., for the national tournament, to be held May 14-17 Milligan last qualified in 2007.
• Adam Shanks won the local qualifier for the Tennessee State Open with a five-under-par 66 at Cattails at MeadowView. Tanner Davis and Josh McWhorter tied for second with 68s. Also qualifying were Glenn Hudson (69) and Jake Spott (69). The State Open will be played May 21-23 at Gaylord Springs Golf Links in Nashville.
• The local qualifier for the Tennessee State Amateur will be held at Ridgefields Country Club in Kingsport on July 15. The entry deadline is July 3. The State Amateur is scheduled for Aug. 6-9 at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.
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All Clone classes in WKA West regional series will follow these specifications:
Age 7-12. Weight 255 Lbs. Tires 4.5 YLC. Will run .500 purple intake restrictor.
Age 12-15. Weight 320 Lbs. Tires 4.5 front / 6.0 rear YLC. Will run .550 blue intake restrictor.
Age 15 and up. Weight 360 Lbs. Tires 4.5 front / 6.0 rear YLC. No restrictor
Age 15 and up. Weight 400 Lbs. Tires 4.5 front / 6.0 rear YLC. No restrictor
Section 711 describe the specifications for clone class engines. These are 6.5 horsepower "Clone"
Engines only. All parts must be factory production parts unless otherwise specified in this manual. No
Machining or alteration of parts permitted unless specifically noted. All parts are subject to be compared to known stock parts + or - .005". No reading between the lines. If it is not in the rules, it must remain stock. Additional rules may be added at any time as WKA West moves forward with this program
All classes must run a shoe type clutch. Drum may be stamped or billet steel. No cooling
Fins may be either machined into drum or added on. Disc clutches are not allowed.
Must be floor mounted
Carburetor requirements: Huayi OR RUI*ING model carb only. Carb to intake sealer is gasket only no other sealer allowed. Choke must be as supplied from factory, but may be fixed to stay in open position (Choke area must remain as cast). Venturi .615" NO-GO. Venturi maybe machined to spec, no polishing permitted and all transitions must remain stock in and out of venturi. Rear carb bore .751" NO-GO. Carb bore at rear of carb .750" maximum depth (This measurement is taken from the flat surface on the rear of the carb down to the circular ridge at venturi edge). Main fuel jet .042" NO-GO. Low speed idle jet is a Non Tech item. Stock emulsion tube must be used and unaltered, .066' max ID (no pass through). Side holes in E-Tube 4 holes in bottom section and 20 holes in top section max. Minimum E-Tube length 1.092". Side holes in e-tube diameter .036" no go. Throttle shaft - .115" minimum. Stop arm of throttle shaft maybe filed to adjust for butterfly position. Butterfly - .037" minimum. Aftermarket air filter adapter allowed (max length of 1.375). Black Phenolic spacer must be flat across entire gasket mating surface with a minimum thichness on gasket surface of .265". Deburring of inlet track allowed to remove flashing . Any attempt of inducting air into the intake port other than through the carburetor bore is not allowed. Surface finish of phenolic spacer inlet track, non tech..
Any pulse type pump is allowed. Fuel pump must be pulsed from the valve cover.
Aftermarket air filter ok, aftermarket air filter adapter allowed (max length of 1.375). Loss of air filter during a race does not
constitute a reason for disqualification
Block must remain stock, Maximum bore is 2.685. No piston pops up allowed. Mating surfaces of block is
Non tech. Surfacing to correct gasket failure and meet cc check is allowed. Oil drain hole between lifters .251" no go. Any type side cover fastener and lock washer permitted, must be original size, sealer permitted. No welding on block
Cylinder Head Requirements: Must be OEM casting only. Porting and / or grinding are not permitted. Valve seats may have up to three angles, 45 degrees valve face and 30 degrees top relief and 60 degree bottom relief. Intake seat maximum ID .897", Exhaust seat maximum ID .862". Outside face of valve may not be below floor of combustion chamber (i.e. don't sink the valves). Stock head bolts only, must have four. Head gasket/s maybe after market, must be of stock configuration, gasket thickness is a non tech item, sealer allowed to insure proper seal. Depth check between the valves, front to back and side to side may not vary by more than .005" max. No copper or aluminum gaskets allowed. Any stock configuration exhaust gasket allowed, sealer permitted, Header may also be run without gasket, sealer only. Allen head bolts permitted on Header to head.
Minimum volume 26.5cc as measured through spark plug hole using the LAD tool with head on
the engine. See Section 504 for instructions how to use the LAD tool to check cylinder head volume.
Valve Train: Stock valve cover only with any stock configuration gasket, sealer allowed. Factory stock rocker arms 1:1 ratio and push rods only. Surface finish of contact area of rocker arm to valve stem , non tech, to adjust for proper lift running lift. Stock steel/stainless nitrate coated valves only 45 degree angle only both valves with a minimum weight of 21 grams each valve, Intake valve Max OD .982" +/- .005" and Exhaust valve Max OD .945" +/- .005", no modifications allowed. Single valve springs only. (Installed Height for valve springs .815", must be checked by using the .815" spring must go gauge with retainer seal and shims in place on intake an exhaust valve if used.) Shims may be used to achieve .815" Installed height, maximum thickness of shims used .045", any combination of valve seal and spring shims allowed. Prescribed check procedure as follows – Remove valve spring, reinstall spring retainer and shims, insert .815" must go gauge in spring location. Gauge must go in both locations Intake and Exhaust with any allowed retainers and shims in place, as raced, during check procedure. Max wire diameter on spring wire is .071" with a maximum tension of 10.8 lbs. at a height of .850", and a maximum tension of 18 lbs at .650". Each spring is to be checked using a .750"height by .800"width plate gauge and a .250" (square) no-go gauge to check thecenter spacing of the spring coils while inserted in the plate gauge. Prescribed checkprocedure as follows – Insert the spring in the .750" X .800" plate gauge (spring must be centered in plate gauge and must fit inside of gauge with the ends of the spring wires perpendicular to the plate ). Once inserted in the plate gauge take the .250" no-go gage and check the center coil spacing on both sides. The .250" no-go gauge must be parallel to the spring wire and perpendicular to the center of the spring when checking. The .250" no-go must pass check on at least one side of the spring. This check is to be performed after the 10.8/lb , 18/lb check, and .071 max wire diameter check have been performed. Ends of the valve springs may be sanded to help meet spring checks. Lash cap on exhaust valve only. Valve stem seal allowed on Intake and Exhaust valve. Minimum thickness of Intake retainer .225" , Exhaust retainer .245". BS lifters only, no modifications allowed. Over-all length of push rod 5.285" max. Weight check lifters 18 grams min and push rods 9 grams min. 711.9 CONNECTING ROD
Stock CAST rod and new stock performance CAST rod allowed. Length from top of journal to bottom of wrist pin hole 2.375 max. and 2.350 Min. Honing of journal end and wrist pin hole permitted. Surfaces to remain flat. Oil hole size : .173 no go
Piston and Rings: Piston must be unaltered Box Stock only. Overall piston length 1.935" max, 1.920" min and from top of wrist pin to top of piston .580" max. Arrow on top of piston must be pointed toward valves/lifters. Overall length wrist pin 2.100" min, inside diameter .550" max. Top ring and middle ring .115" max width, .060" max thickness.) Filing of ring end gaps permitted including oil expander, max end gap .040"(top 2 rings only). Lapping of rings permitted for proper seal. Piston ring must be in one piece(unbroken) when presented for tech. Piston rings must be self supporting in cylinder bore and concentric to cylinder bore. Oil ring assembly must be self supporting in cylinder bore when checked installed on piston with connecting rod attached.
Stock crankshaft only;no modifications. Crankshaft journal is 1.180" maximum and 1.168" minimum.
Stroke is 2.123" plus 0.010" or minus 0.010".
Camshaft must meet these specifications. Maximum running lift on exhaust is 0.242" taken on valve
spring retainer at zero lash. Maximum running lift on intake is 0.238" taken on valve spring retainer with zero lash. Intake lift at pushrod - maximum - 0.225", minimum 0.215. Exhaust lift at pushrod – maximum 0.232", minimum 0.222. Duration check for intake and exhaust lobes. Intake duration of 218.5 degrees at 0.050" lift / 85.5 degrees at 0.200 lift. Exhaust duration of 221.5 degrees at 0.050" lift / 96.5 degrees at 0.200" lift (all checks will allow +2 degrees for wear and gauge and wheel variances.
Ignition coil must be stock, but ignition timing is non tech. Coil may be shimmed to align with magnet.
Flywheel can be billet steel, or stock cast wheel @ 5 lbs 3 ozs, Plastic fins must remain stock, ARC #6619 billet aluminum and PVL cast aluminum wheels also legal. Flywheels may not be modified. Flywheel key is non tech.
Any single stage, one-piece header made from .750" OD / .635" ID steel tubing, with the RLV Mini B-91 Silencer installed at the end of pipe.The entire exhaust pipe including the muffler is 15" max length and 10" min length. Exhaust Pipe must be double nutted or safety wired. Sealer may be used to assist gasket seal. Header may also be run without gasket, sealer only
RLV Mini 91 Silencer Requirements: Part #4117 Overall Length 5.470" minimum +/-.005" - 5.600"
maximum +/-.005". Threaded Nipple .685" maximum ID (ID as Mfg. NO Grinding, Reaming, or Polishing Allowed). Rear baffle holes .1285" maximum, inner baffle holes .0965" maximum. Silencer must be utilized as produced, with no modifications or alterations permitted. All exhaust must exit rear of muffler, muffler may not be run loose causing exhaust to leak at threads.Strap or brace required to silencer for support, and to insure silencer does not turn and unscrew.
711.16 PULL STARTER/FLYWHEEL SHROUD (Blower Housing)
Tape may be used to control engine temperature on these parts only. Pull starter must be present and remain stock. Pull starter may be rotated for better cranking angle.
Hose ran from valve cover breather hole, must be run to a catch can. Oil fill and drain plugs must be
safety wired along with bottom two side cover bolts.
Oil sensor may be removed.
Governer and governer components are non tech.
2 gaskets maximum.
No aftermarket coatings of any kind are allowed except on blower housing shroud.
All sheet metal must be used as supplied with engine.
Fuel for all clone classes will be pump gas
Claimed motor will consist of complete motor less flywheel as supplied from BSP. Amount of claim is $300 cash only and could be
subject to change with the market value, CLAIM CONSENT forms must be filled out and signed with entry form in order to recieve series points.
CLAIM form will be filled out, signed and put in a sealed envolope along with $300 cash by RACER, then given to Tech Official prior to start of Main Event
After checkerd flag, envelopes will be opened and handed out acordingly. Claimer must be a DRIVER in same class, and race that day, A participant may only claim one time per calender year in each club program or regional series. Claimed engine will be subject to TECH done on that day, If CLAIMED motor is found to be ILLEGAL or DAMAGED in race, the CLAIMER will be given option to proceed with or withdraw thier claim, If more than one participant claims the same engine, the participant with lowest point total for the event is awarded the claim. If a participant fails/refuses to surrender the claimed engine, the participant will forfeit all points and will be ineligible to compete in remainder of series


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Feb. 16) - While recording the ninth most points in New Mexico state women's basketball history in a 106-94 win over the Western Athletic Conference leading Utah State Aggies on Saturday evening at the Pan American Center. The Aggies are 11-14 on the season and 5-10 in conference play.
With her second double-double in one week, sophomore Danesia Williamson worked her way to 23 points and 10 assists. Her 23 points marks a new career high for the sophomore, while the 10 assists matches her career number as an Aggie that she set just two days prior.
Along with Williamson, four other Aggies shot in double figures, marking the second consecutive game for that feat. Seniors Kelsie Rozendaal and Stefanie Gilbreath each earned a double-double on the game with Rozendaal scoring 14 of the Aggies 106 points and picking up 12 rebounds. Gilbreath notched a new career number in the point's column with 27 on the night and 11 rebounds.
Freshmen Sasha Weber and Abby Scott each collected double-digit points with Weber earning 11 and Scott picking up 16. Weber had three rebounds in the win as well.
As a team, the Aggies finished with a 42.7 field goal percentage and 39.4 percent from the three-point line. The Aggies out-rebounded Utah State 49-41 and forced 13 turnovers. NM State picked up 16 points off those turnovers.
"I am thrilled for this team. I really thought it was a great offensive night for us and it is outstanding to see so many players contributing to the score," head coach Mark Trakh said. "We are completely capable of doing this in several games thorough the season and we are just finding our niche."
The Aggies win goes down as the ninth-best scoring game in program history and marks the first time since 1992 that an Aggie squad has scored in the triple figures.
"We scored 106 points tonight and 90 on Thursday. That is a great feeling for this team and for the community. Our crowd was the best tonight and we are extremely grateful for the fan's support," Trakh said.
With Utah State striking first, the Aggies came up with a 7-6 lead with a three by Rozendaal. The USUS Aggies scored six before NM State went on 15-7 run to take a 23-19 lead with more than eight minutes to play in the half. With NM State staying solid in the paint, Utah State earned its final nine points of the half off free throws. The Aggies scored the final five points of the half with a three by Weber and a bucket by Rozendaal to lock the score at 39-39 going into halftime.
At the half, Rozendaal led the team with nine points and six rebounds. The team was shooting 24.1 percent from the field, but proved to be a second have dominance with 52.9 percent shooting in the field and behind the three-point line.
NM State regained the lead in the early part of the second half 45-40 before a three on the left corner by Weber brought the Aggies to an eight point lead. NM State continued on its shooting path by increasing the lead to 55-42 at the first media timeout with the help of a three pointer by Gilbreath and two points inside the line by Jasmine Rutledge and Scott.
The NM State Aggies drove the margin further from USU with a 10-point run in the middle of the second half. The Aggies kept the lead steady near the 20-point range until the 2:23 mark when a pair of free shots by Utah State's Devyn Christensen narrowed the margin to a 13-point lead (95-82).
The USU Aggies fouled NM State three straight times and NM State sank each of the six free buckets in the final two minutes of play to increase the Aggies lead to 103-85. Utah State was able to work its way to 94 points before the clock ran down with a pair of free throws and a three pointer with eight seconds to play.
Utah State's late attempt was not enough to hold off the Aggies as NM State earned its first 100-plus point game in 21 years.
The Aggies, now on a two-game win streak in WAC play, look to keep the momentum going against CSU Bakersfield on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m.


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The Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), which enables organizations to seamlessly run in a hybrid cloud model (public + private cloud), is here to stay. IDC estimates that the software-defined networking market will be valued at $3.7 billion by 2016. Security is a key component and benefit of the SDDC, and offers an opportunity to build security 'from the ground up' and weave it into the environment from day one. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Reuven Harrison, CTO and Co-Founder of Tufin,...
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists addressed this very serious issue of pro...
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The Assurance of Faith
Dr. R.C. Sproul has often noted that it is not enough merely to believe in God. We must also believe God, which means that we believe not only that He exists and can do what He says but that ...Read More
Just and Justifier
Dr. R.C. Sproul writes in his commentary on Romans: "In the drama of justification, God remains just. He does not set aside His justice; He does not waive his righteousness; he insists upon it… . If all he did ...Read More
The Righteousness of God Manifested
Paul's "but now" of Romans 3:21 describes a momentous change in history. The people who lived before Christ lived in an era characterized by unrighteousness and wrath, dwelling under the condemnation of God's law. Now that Christ has come, we ...Read More
The Holiness of God
Dr. R.C. Sproul has often pointed out that the threefold repetition of "holy" in today's passage indicates the vital importance of God's holiness. The Lord clearly wants us to understand that He is holy, and we must understand this ...Read More
Is God Unrighteous?
At the root of all sin is the arrogant attempt of creatures to judge their Creator, to believe that we know better than He does and to go our own way or to deny what He has said about Himself. ...Read More
The Faithfulness of God
The notion that the Lord must judge sin in order to be faithful is developed in more detail at the end of Romans 3. Paul cites Psalm 51 in today's passage because in this prayer of confession, David points out ...Read More
God's Impartiality
Only those who patiently do good in hope of immortality will enter into eternal life (Rom. 2:6–7). Yet no one even wants to do this apart from divine grace, as Paul explains in the next few chapters of Romans. Only ...Read More
Presuming upon God's Kindness
Martin Luther comments on today's passage that "so great is the blindness of the sinner that he abuses to his own harm the things that have been given to him for his own benefit." Though Paul has the Jews in ...Read More
The Righteousness of God
Even many professing Christians believe that they become citizens of heaven because they have lived a "good life." The gospel tells us that no one but Christ has lived a life that is truly good. He alone deserves the kingdom ...Read More
God's Righteousness Revealed
The gift character of righteousness is underscored in Paul's statement that "the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith." Our position before the Lord is by faith alone from first to last, and nothing we do can merit ...Read More
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August 5, 2015
A newspaper is reporting that Flowers Foods and Bimbo are emerging as bidders for the bread brands of Hostess, which in the midst of a bankruptcy-court liquidation of its assets.
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Hostess Brands Inc. could reveal as early as next week that Flowers and Bimbo are in discussions to acquire the bread brands, which include Wonder Bread and Nature's Pride.
The report says the brands could command $350 million.
Hostess, based in Irving, Texas, announced in November that it was shutting down its business and selling its brands, which also include Twinkies, along with its 33 bakeries and other operations.
Grupo Bimbo SAB's brands include Arnold breads, Thomas' English muffins, and Entenmann's cakes. Flowers Foods Inc.'s brands include Nature's Own breads and Tastykake snacks.
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