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The Objective Standard is the source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective. Click to read The Objective Standard, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Getting in the Driver’s Seat of Your Life: An Interview with Life Coach Daria Ermolenko

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (353+ words) Thomas F. Walker: Thanks for joining me. Why did you decide to get into psychology and coaching? Daria Ermolenko: Although my qualifications are in psychology, it’s important to stress that I’m a coach, not a professional psychologist. I decided to specialize…...

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Citizen Vigilante Is Exactly What It Looks Like—and That’s Not a Good Thing

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) All behavior can be traced back to instincts. When justice is denied, instincts turn to vengeance. —Anonymous This made-up, sophomoric quote is the first thing that appears on-screen in Citizen Vigilante. Like the movie itself, it might at first appear…...

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TOS Weekly - Valuing and Expressing the Self

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (208+ words) Welcome to TOS Weekly! I hope you enjoy this week’s articles, Thomas F. WalkerManaging Editor Mickey 17 is a sci-fi thought experiment: What if we stopped valuing life, and what would that do to unskilled workers? Mickey 17 addresses these questions by…...

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The Volunteers Who Turned Failed Transport Links into Thriving Tourist Attractions

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (190+ words) Recently, I walked along the platform at “Hogsmeade station,” the idyllic arrival point for wizarding students riding to school on the Hogwarts Express. The group managed to raise enough money to lease a six-mile section and acquire two locomotives and coaches....

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TOS Weekly - The Values of Love and Friendship

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (168+ words) Welcome to this week’s TOS Weekly! True love can of course exist in the form of close friendships as well as romantic relationships. This week, I have decided to highlight a classicTV series—1971’s The Persuaders!—that depicts loving friendship…...

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Think and Fly High: Inspiration from Jonathan Livingston Seagull

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1010+ words) Can a seagull inspire you to strive for excellence, intelligence, and skill? This one can. To live a life of meaning and joy, a conceptual being—whether a human or an anthropomorphic bird—must do more than merely survive. He…...