Contents * NEW Junto meeting June 6 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through Dec. * NEW More on Bleeding Heart Libertarianism. * NEW Courses on the history of science and capitalism * NEW Original ideas for advancing liberty with politics * NEW Boston Tea Party Opera at Junto and at Kickstarter * NEW Film about America's "Education Crisis" * NEW JayZ & Beyonce go to Cuba, Libertarienne Show * NEW The Cato Pocket Constitution goes digital * NEW Judge Narragansett's solution to Congress's trading * NEW "Freedom Bridge: A Cold War Thriller," Kindle * NEW Atlas Shrugged Summer Reading Program * NEW Who Wants to Live Free? Challenge of Liberty * NEW Atlas Summit 2013, June 27 to June 30, DC * NEW Objectivist Summer Conf., July 5 to July 11, Chicago * NEW FreedomFest "world's largest gathering of free minds" * NEW Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership attacks constitution * NEW Yaron Brook of Ayn Rand Inst. question about Israel * NEW Obama economic vision & Disgraced financier Rattner * NEW Review of "Free Market Revolution" * NEW Hayek's idea of small government -- humor * NEW Institute for Justice wins: Milwaukee's taxi cartel * NEW SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure opens May 24, NYC * NEW NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., May 26, 3:00pm * NEW "Atlas Shrugged" Reading Group, Sat., June 22 * NEW Barebrush Gallery Show, Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 * Free market and Objectivist groups and sites * Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours * Read and post to the Junto sites * About this Junto newsletter ************************************************** Junto is a group that shares information, discusses current issues and presents speakers June 6 John Mackey, "Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business: Conscious Capitalism" Thursday, June 2 Admission Free -- no reservation necessary * We'll socialize from 7:00pm to 7:30pm * 7:30pm moderator, Gene Epstein calls first for announcements of things happening before the next Junto. Then other announcements and for people introducing themselves. This will continue until 7:45pm. * The speaker will begin promptly at 7:45pm. (Other months we'll return to the normal 8:00pm) * Most speakers will present in several sections. Each section will have audience questions, discussions and rebuttal of the speaker's points. * Discussions are intense but polite. * The meeting will continue to 10:00pm or later. General Society Library 20 West 44 St., between 5th and 6th Aves., NYC near the Grand Central Terminal * Subway: 4, 5, 6, S to Grand Central -- 42nd St. B, D, F, 7 to 42nd Street -- Sixth Ave. at Bryant Park A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, 1, 2, 3 to Times Square -- 42nd St. * Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M42, M98, M101, M102, M104, Q32 * Train: MTA Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central * Car: Some private parking facilities in the area. Parking on side streets is metered, limited to specific days and times. * Junto meets on the first Thursday of every month. * Participation by all attendees is highly encouraged. * 60 to 120 people attend most Juntos. John Mackey, will speak about his book "Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business: Conscious Capitalism." He's co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded 1980. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 2003. Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He's one of the most influential advocates for organic food. Mackey co-founded his health food store, SaferWay, Austin, 1978. Lived in vegetarian housing co-op, dropped out of college. The co-founders borrowed $10,000 and raised $35,000 more starting vegetarian grocery store SaferWay. Austin had several small health food stores. They ran their market on the first floor, a health food restaurant on the second, lived on the third floor. In two years merged with SaferWay and Clarksville Natural Grocery and renamed it Whole Foods Market. Mackey built Whole Foods into an international organization, with outlets in major markets across the country, Canada and United Kingdom. Along the way he bought smaller competitors. In 2007 purchased major natural foods supermarket competitor, Wild Oats Markets. Mackey said he's a free market libertarian in a debate in Reason magazine with entrepreneur T. J. Rodgers and economist Milton Friedman. Mackey co-founded Freedom Lights Our World (FLOW), to combine "economic and political freedom as well as personal growth, social responsibility and environmental stewardship." He supports green tax shifts, environmental trusts, world legal systems to allow the poor to create legal businesses and a citizen's dividend to help the poor in the developed world. The name and focus of FLOW has become Conscious Capitalism, Inc., which was initially created as a program of FLOW and evolved to become the principal focus. Mackey said, "If you want to be competitive in the long term, your business needs to have discovered its higher purpose and it needs to adopt a stakeholder philosophy." He's interviewed about conscious capitalism at Forbes: http://tiny.cc/interviewMackey In an NPR interview 2013, Mackey compared the Obama administration's healthcare law to 'fascism' instead of socialism, "[t]echnically speaking, it's more like fascism. Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. In fascism, the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it -- and that's what's happening with our health care programs and these reforms." The next day Mackey blogged he regretted having made the remark: "made a poor word choice to describe [the U.S.] healthcare system." Instead, he called it "government-controlled health care." Visit his blog at: http://tiny.cc/MackeyBlog __________________________________________________ * The new Junto Forum, read and post here: tiny.cc/JuntoForum * Visit Junto's site for information on current & past speakers, to read previous newsletters and to sign up for the Junto e-newsletter: NYCjunto.org * Visit Junto on Facebook: on.fb.me/JuntoNYC * Follow Junto on Twitter: twitter.com/NYCJunto __________________________________________________ Junto focuses on free markets, Objectivism and investing. Our founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer. Visit his site at: DailySpeculations.com ************************************************** Please email the above text to your freedom loving friends who might be interested in Junto. Feel free to use the above text to promote Junto among free marketers, Objectivists and investors. NEW______________________________________________ Come to Junto, meet these upcoming speakers: * July 4, no Junto, celebrate Independence Day on your own. * Aug. 1, Tyler Cowen, subject to be announced. Writer, general director/professor, economics, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason U. He posts to his blog many times most days: http://tiny.cc/MRblog His food blog: http://tiny.cc/ETHNICdining His bio and books at Amazon: http://tiny.cc/CowenBioBooks * Sept. 5, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, speaking on "Freedom Watch." Fox News sr. judicial analyst. Lectures nationally on U.S. Constitution, rule of law, civil liberties in wartime and freedom. Had "Freedom Watch" TV show on Fox News. His site: JudgeNap.com * Oct. 3, David Stockman speaking about his book "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America." Former businessman, US congressman and budget director under Ronald Reagan. * Nov. 7, Charles Calomiris speaking about his book "Fragile by Design: Banking Crises, Scarce Credit, and Political Bargains." Columbia U. professor financial institutions. Task Force on Property Rights at Hoover Inst., co-directs Project on Financial Deregulation at American Enterprise Institute. His blog: http://tiny.cc/CCblog and his bio: http://tiny.cc/CCbio * Dec. 5 Victor Niederhoffer, speaking on " Deception in markets and life." Founder of the NYC Junto. These are two of his entries on deception at his site: http://tiny.cc/VN & http://tiny.cc/VicN Visit his site: DailySpeculations.com NEW_____________________________________________ More on Bleeding Heart Libertarianism. At the May Junto I mentioned that Brink Lindsey called for libertarians to tax the rich to fund progressive programs. That idea builds on John Rawls' "Theory of Justice" a political philosophy published in 1971, inspired by David Hume and Immanuel Kant. It calls for "social justice": This idea of "social justice," is what some libertarians want to add to libertarianism. Rawls idea is: liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect -- are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution of any or all of these goods is to the advantage of the least favored. Opponents of Rawls might argue that "social justice" is in reality "distributive justice" or more honestly "redistributive justice." I think of it as "social injustice," government taking from producers and giving it to whoever they want. This essay attempts to get at the essence of Rawls' thinking: http://tiny.cc/SocialJustice AND ***** This is one of the first essays pulling together libertarianism and social justice, turning the combination into "bleeding heart libertarianism," by Brink Lindsey, New Republic online 12/4/2006. Notice the name mashes together liberals and libertarians: "Liberaltarians" "...The basic outlines of a viable compromise are clear...restrictions on competition and burdens on private initiative would be lifted to encourage vigorous economic growth....some of the resulting wealth-creation would be used to improve safety-net policies that help those at the bottom and ameliorate the hardships inflicted by economic change....A movement that, at the philosophical level, seeks some kind of reconciliation between Hayek & Rawls...." http://tiny.cc/CatoRawls AND ***** "Can libertarians learn to love social justice?" by Brian Doherty 4/13/2012 "Libertarian academics...are involved in an ongoing project to reframe libertarianism as a philosophy with room for considerations of income inequality and social justice; in political philosophy terms, a "neo-Rawlsian" libertarianism in its conception of justice...." http://tiny.cc/ReasonRawls AND ***** Bleeding Heart Libertarianism & "Social Justice" by Ilya Somin 5/1/2012 "The Cato Unbound website recently hosted an interesting debate over efforts by 'Bleeding Heart Libertarians' to incorporate 'social justice' into libertarian political theory.... political philosophers...argue that libertarianism is best defended not on the basis of absolute rights to property and self-ownershp, but on the grounds that it benefits the poor and the 'least well off' members of society. They argue that this approach is superior to the property rights absolutism they associate with libertarians like Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard." http://tiny.cc/CatoPoor ***** AND Ayn Rand would argue that the issue is not one of political strategy but a crucial issue of morality. She says Rawls promoted a philosophy which placed the needs of others above one's absolute right to exist for one's own sake. The right to engage in production and trade in one's rational self interest is paramount and economic gains for the less advantaged are a benefit of Capitalism not its moral justification. Capitalism needs to be defended on the basis of individual rights and rational self interest. ***** AND If you missed it last month here's the link to the podcast discussing Bleeding Heart Libertaiarianism. In it historian John P. McCaskey is interviewed by philosopher Diana Hsieh. McCaskey attended the May Junto and he's interested in speaking at Junto. Listen now or download: http://tiny.cc/MoralShift NEW______________________________________________ Courses on the history of science and capitalism I enjoyed reading the descriptions of John P. McCaskey's courses at Brown U. An example: "The Rival Defences of American Capitalism," In the U.S., the moral justification for laissez-faire capitalism widely accepted in the late 18th century came under sustained attack from the time of debates about slavery in the mid 19th century to the rise of Progressivism in the early 20th. This course examines 4 schools of thought that subsequently arose to defend capitalism: 1. that of free-market economists such as Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman; 2. that of Protestants and Catholics who advanced a religiously grounded defense; 3. that of Ayn Rand's followers, who proposed to defend the morality of capitalism with a morality of selfishness; and 4. libertarian theories. Our study will show that the differences and rivalries between these schools are as charged and as fundamental as any between capitalism and its critics. Primary sources will provide the bulk of the reading material. The course will include a reading of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and conclude with an application of the rival theories to a few current public policy issues. Others courses: "The History of Scientific Methods, Pythagoras to Popper," "Moral Foundations of Capitalism," "History of Modern Science and Technology," "19th Century Philosophy of Science:" http://tiny.cc/McCcourses NEW______________________________________________ Original ideas for advancing liberty with politics I just learned of a political party whose founding ideas are influenced by Ayn Rand's book "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal." . Paul McKeever has created the basic ideas for The Freedom Party of Ontario, Canada. It's a political party based on the principles of individual rights: http://tiny.cc/freedomP He says philosophy is important to guide the party. He wants it to be seen as a mainstream party. They aren't a party which educates the public or preaches philosophy. They're just a party which wants better government. They aren't libertarian. They aren't anti government, they want better government. They want government basing decisions on reality and evidence. They want governance which is for the individual, doing a better job of protecting everyone's life, liberty & property. Government isn't the problem, it's the solution. He says people will always rebel against any call to take away something they already have. But the Freedom Party approach is to eliminate government monopolies. Then let the government entities, such as post office or health care or schools, fail as they compete with free market equivalents. People are living their everyday lives, going to their jobs, taking care of their families. They don't spend a minute of their day thinking about the budget or wind power versus nuclear. Freedom Party has small issues related to people's everyday lives. It has 10 to 18 common sense positions for the elections. The party wants to reach people with things they understand, where they'll say, That thing the government does is stupid... such as having liquor stores close early. I understand that issue and I care about it because it effects my life and I have a strong opinion about it. Read "The policies of the Freedom Party of Ontario" for their clarity and depth of understanding. I recommend this for all advocates of liberty: http://tiny.cc/PolicyFreedom Listen to Diana Hsieh interview McKeever: http://tiny.cc/individRights NEW______________________________________________ The Boston Tea Party Opera at Junto and at Kickstarter This opera was mentioned at the last Junto and there may be a short performance at the upcoming Junto. It's writer/composer, Matthew Zachary Johnson, says "James Otis" song is a favorite. Listen to it here: http://tiny.cc/Otis This song is based on a famous 5-hour speech in 1761 in the Boston State House, arguing against the Writs of Assistance -- search warrants which had no limitations and which provided unbounded authoritarian power. John Adams was there. Learn, consider pledging by 6/23: http://tiny.cc/TeaPartyOpera NEW______________________________________________ Film about America's "Education Crisis" What will it take to save our schools? Help spark an education revolution. Go to Kickstarter to pledge. You've seen the statistics and read the stories. If a parent, you live with it every day. Public education is broken. No one seems to know how to fix it. It wasn't supposed to be like this. America's education system was once the envy of the world. "The School That Never Was" documentary will show how education got this way and what we can do to fix it. C. Bradley Thompson was the May Junto speaker, comparing government schooling to home schooling. He says this is: "a new documentary on education that I fully support." Chris Mortensen's an award winning writer, produce, director, who's created more than 100 hours of documentary and reality programming in the last 15 years, shown on many channels. Learn, consider pledging by 6/15: http://tiny.cc/edCrisis NEW______________________________________________ JayZ & Beyonce go to Cuba, Libertarienne Show, the video blog Naomi Brockwell, who often attends Junto, is part of this video blog. This is their first blog item: http://tiny.cc/LibertJayZ NEW______________________________________________ The Cato Pocket Constitution goes digital Can the government do that? Check the Constitution on your eReader! For 99 cents you get the Declaration and the Constitution at your fingertips. . It contains the preface by Roger Pilon. You can read it here: http://tiny.cc/CatoPreface It's available for eReaders through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iTunes. Order the Kindle Cato Constitution here: http://tiny.cc/CatoConst NEW______________________________________________ Judge Narragansett's solution to Congress's shady trading: The aristocracy of pull by Robert Begley, in The Objective Standard's TOS Blog "When members of Congress can gain financially by supporting, blocking, or rigging legislation that affects their investments, they have an unacceptable conflict of interests. "Last year, Barack Obama signed a law intended to solve or at least mitigate the problem -- the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. A major provision of the Act required "electronic reporting and online availability" of information concerning the investments of members of Congress and government employees. "So much for that. Last month, Obama signed a new law specifying that information on these investments would be kept in the basement of a building in Washington D.C., and that anyone seeking to examine these investments would physically have to visit that basement to do so...." To read the rest: http://tiny.cc/CONGRESSpull NEW______________________________________________ "Freedom Bridge: A Cold War Thriller," Kindle Edition Erika Holzere From Soviet tyranny to freedom in the West. But when his friend's escape attempt ends in flames, Kiril finds his life threatened by a ruthless KGB officer. Kiril's last chance rests on a visiting American heart surgeon and his journalist wife. But even as Kiril plots his escape, he finds that his life depends on his materialistic mistress, on the rivalries of Soviet and East German intelligence agents, and on accidental betrayals by those he trusts most. The story builds to a climax in a deadly confrontation on Glienicker Bridge, linking East Germany and West Berlin. Will Dr. Kiril Andreyev succeed in his lifelong quest for freedom -- and at what cost? "Freedom Bridge" is revised edition of Erika's novel "Double Crossing." Order for Kindle: http://tiny.cc/FreedomB NEW______________________________________________ Teachers & students: Atlas Shrugged Summer Reading Program The Ayn Rand Institute offers this with a free copy of "Atlas Shrugged" to use during the program. Other free resources will help with in-depth studies of Ayn Rand's work. This 10-week guided reading begins June 12. Each week the next reading schedule is assigned, some study questions are provided to focus thinking, with a recap of the previous week's reading. There's a featured resource to highlight a relevant aspect of "Atlas Shrugged." Some of the featured resources are designed to help students prepare for the 2013 "Atlas Shrugged" Essay Contest. The reading concludes in August, giving students one month to write an essay by Sept. 17 deadline for the contest. Teachers sign up at: AynRandEducation.org Students sign up at: AynRandNovels.org NEW______________________________________________ Who Wants to Live Free? Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars for Students Colorado Springs, CO: June 17 to 21, Berkeley, CA: July 15 to 19, Oakland, CA: July 22 to 26 Learn the basic ethical and economic principles of free societies. Principles to understand the world and prepare themselves for it. Inspirational vision of liberty and the intellectual ammo to share the message with peers. High school and college students should apply: http://tiny.cc/LibertySummer NEW______________________________________________ Atlas Summit 2013, June 27 to June 30, DC The Atlas Society in the Capital Hilton Hotel John Aglialoro - AtlasShrugged movie, Neera K. Badhwar, David Blaise, Robert L. Bradley, Jr., Alexander R. Cohen, Steve Davis, Aaron Day, Roger Donway, Walter Donway, Marsha Familaro Enright, Glenn Fletcher, Jared Fuller, Carla Gericke, Stephen Hicks, Edward Hudgins, Harmon Kaslow, David Kelley, Alex Kozinski, George Lambert, Alexander McCobin, Michael Newberry, Rick Porter, Raymond Raad, Duncan Scott, Michael Shapiro, Victor Sperandeo, John Stossel, William Thomas, Joel Wade, Jason Walker, Nikolai Wenzel Learn about the speakers and their presentations: http://tiny.cc/AtlasSpeakers NEW______________________________________________ Objectivist Summer Conference, July 5 to July 11, Chicago Ayn Rand Institute Ayn Rand called Objectivism "a philosophy for living on earth," and taught that the purpose of philosophy is to help you have a more satisfying and productive life. Sessions: The Moral and the Practical by Onkar Ghate, How to Make Your Life Happier by Making the Conscious and the Subconscious Work Together by Ellen Kenner and Edwin A. Locke, Understanding Your Emotions by Jean Moroney, Free Will by Ben Baye, Self-esteem by Gena Gorlin and others. Sessions with themes related to Ayn Rand's writing & ideas: The Stylized Soul in Romantic Literature by Tore Boeckmann, Introduction to Ayn Rand's Favorite Viennese Operettas by David Berry, Ayn Rand's O. Henry -- and Ours: Ingenuity, Optimism and Warmth by Shoshana Milgram, Man's Life as the Standard of Value in the Ethics of Ayn Rand, and others. http://tiny.cc/ariSUMMER NEW______________________________________________ FreedomFest "world's largest gathering of free minds" July 11 to July 13, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas Over 2,500 attendees and 150 speakers on topics including politics, economics, history, science, health, art, literature and more, plus the Anthem Film Festival & The John Stossel Show Speakers: * John Allison, David Boaz, Dan Mitchell, Tom Palmer, Cato * Lori Bossy * J. C. Bradbury * Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand Inst. * John Browne * Doug Casey * Fred Cookinham * Aaron Day, Ed Hudgins, Atlas Society * Bert Dohmen * Dinesh D’Souza * Gene Epstein, Barron's & Junto * Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily * Tawni Ferrarini, Fraser Inst. * Steve Forbes * Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason * Jim Henry, Tax Justice Network * Bill Jenkinson * Kennedy * Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks * Art Laffer * Marc Lichtenfeld * Axel Merk * Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal * Charles Murray, American Enterprise Inst. * Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform * Senator Rand Paul * Lawrence Reed, FEE * Carl Richard * Jim Rogers * Peter Schiff * Michael Shermer * Mark Skousen * Fred Smith, CEI * Jo Thoburn * and more. Learn more at: http://freedomfest.com NEW______________________________________________ Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership attacks our constitution John Boehner will ask Congress to give Obama unconstitutional powers to ram TPP through Congress. Obama wants fast track for this misleadingly called a "trade agreement." It's actually a system of global government the administration is building with: Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Chile and Peru. A quarter of U.S. land area will fall under U.N. court jurisdiction. U.N. and World Courts will decide how our taxes will be spent. Read more and give at: http://noTPP.us NEW______________________________________________ Yaron Brook of Ayn Rand Inst. answers question about Israel Listen to it here: http://tiny.cc/YaronIsrael NEW______________________________________________ Obama's economic vision AND Disgraced financier Rattner Curtis Ellis, who often attends Junto, wrote these essays. *"Obama's economic vision: The U.S. as a third world nation" Read it here: http://tiny.cc/ObamaEcon AND Ellis also wrote this essay refuting Steve Rattner's economic analysis in the New York Times: * "Disgraced financier Rattner clueless about the economy" Read it here: http://tiny.cc/Rattner NEW______________________________________________ Review of "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government" Review by Joshua Shnayer, who often attends Junto. "[Authors] Yaron Brook and Don Watkins of the Ayn Rand Institute believe that most defenses of capitalism miss a crucial ingredient: the morality put forth by Ayn Rand in her Objectivist philosophy. That's a tough sell. While millions love Rand's novels, her name provokes negative reactions across the political spectrum. "She advocated capitalism on the grounds that it is the only economic system that protects the pursuit of self-interest. A family does not get in line for Space Mountain at Disney World to stimulate the economy or help its neighbor, but rather because it is in the interest of its members to be happy and enrich their lives...." Read the version of this review which was in Barron's, May 6, 2013. It's at: http://tiny.cc/BarronsReview Go half way down this page, on the right to where you'll see: continued 1 2 3 4 Next > Then click on the 4. The version printed in Barron's is edited. You can read the unedited version at the Junto Forum: http://tiny.cc/FMreview NEW______________________________________________ Hayek's idea of small government -- humor I recently came across a joke which is a description of Friedrich Hayek's idea of small government. I can't find it online to give proper credit. It's said Hayek thought all the government we needed was the army, the courts and a state opera. This joke is a good way to remind yourself that Hayek wasn't a libertarian or a true small government economist. NEW______________________________________________ Institute for Justice wins: Court opens Milwaukee's taxi cartel Circuit Court judge rules the cap on the number of taxis is unconstitutional. The city's 20-year taxi monopoly is broken. The 1991 law caused the price of a taxi permit to rise from $85 to over $150,000. Institute for Justice filed suit on behalf of three local taxi drivers. "The court found...the city purposely created an unconstitutional taxi system where only the privileged few would benefit and competition would be outlawed." Institute for Justice has helped open taxi markets in Denver, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Minneapoli. For more than 20 years it's been the nation's leading legal advocate for the rights of entrepreneurs. Read more at: www.ij.org/MKETaxis NEW______________________________________________ SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure, May 24 to Jan. 5 Andy George, who handles the sound at Junto, wrote about this deep sea salvaging company: http://tiny.cc/privateExplor This interactive multi-media exhibit features over 500 artifacts recovered from deep-ocean shipwreck expeditions around the world. You'll be immersed in the technology and process Odyssey uses to find and recover shipwreck treasures. Discovery in Times Square, open daily, 44 St. bet 7 & 8 Aves. For details and to buy tickets: http://tiny.cc/NYCshipwreck NEW______________________________________________ NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., May 26, 3:00pm As always, we'll talk about Ayn Rand, her works, challenges, Objectivist life, options, associations and knowledge. Give and take, open to all, no charge, no reservations. It's at The Midtown Restaurant, 155 East 55 St., between 3rd and Lexington Avenues, mid-block on the north side of 55th St., in Manhattan, free. There are usually one to two dozen people at each Meetup. Benny Pollack, Ayn Rand Meetup organizer, says:"Join our group of regular Objectivists for a lively discussion on topics related to Ayn Rand and Objectivist philosophy in general. "Please join us. If you are already versed in the topic, want to learn or just want to spend an intellectually stimulating afternoon, please come. I hope to see you all there." The Ayn Rand Meetup is on the last Sunday of each month: http://aynRand.meetup.com/8 NEW______________________________________________ "Atlas Shrugged" Reading Group, Sat., June 22, 3:00pm A chapter a month. New York Objectivist Society 3:00pm to 5:00pm (normally third Sat. of month but on fourth Sat. this month) 120 Park Ave., SW corner 42nd St. alt. entrance on 42nd St. It's a public space with tables and chairs. Part III: A is A, Chapter 5: Their Brothers' Keepers This is the 25th chapter of this 30 chapter book. There's a $5 fee to attend. It's given to the Ayn Rand Inst. to give Rand's novels to high schoolers and home schoolers. The reading group has only one rule: you can't integrate or refer to material in the text that hasn't been covered yet by the present discussion. Please read the chapter in advance in preparation for the discussion. Moderator Robert Begley will give an analysis of each scene, then open to comments and questions, before going to the next scene. Ending with a discussion of the chapter title's meaning. Time frame -- beginning on September 2 1. Dagny: dealing with copper shortages, and Meigs policy. With Jim and the Railroad Unification Plan. 2. d’Anconia nationalized, and destroyed. Jim Taggart's reaction. 3. Dagny dinner with Rearden. Francisco's parting message. 4. Rearden: with government officials. Phillip asks for a job. The Wet Nurse asks for a job. Divorce. 5. Minneapolis catastrophe. 6. Dagny: dinner meeting with leaders. Dealing with Taggart Terminal outage. Underground terminal with John Galt. We will read aloud the scene with Dagny and Galt. Read about the group here: http://tiny.cc/AtlasJune NEW______________________________________________ Save the date: Barebrush Gallery Show, Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 Ilene Skeen, who often attends Junto, will have a group show at Highline Loft, 508 W. 26 St., Thur. through Sun., with the Opening Reception on Thur. night, Oct.17. A catalogue will be for sale at the show and for pre-ordering at: barebrush.com __________________________________________________ Free market and Objectivist groups and sites * Groups which meet in Manhattan: NYC Junto -- NYCjunto.org NYC Ayn Rand Meetup -- meetup.com/AynRand-8 Atlas Reading Group -- http://tiny.cc/AtlasReadGroup NY Heroes -- http://tiny.cc/NYheroesObj Ayn Rand NY Tours -- http://tiny.cc/ToursRand Manhattan Libertarian Party -- manhattanLP.org * Sites to visit: Ayn Rand Institute -- AynRand.org Ed Thompson's site -- AtlasAnswers.net The Atlas Society -- AtlasSociety.org The Atlasphere -- theAtlasphere.com Liberty Magazine -- http://tiny.cc/LibertyMag Ayn Rand Lexicon -- AynRandLexicon.com The Objective Standard -- theObjectiveStandard.com The Objective Standard's Blog -- http://tiny.cc/blogTOS Aristos: An Online Review of the Arts -- aristos.org Forum for Ayn Rand Fans -- forums.4aynRandFans.com Philosophy in Action -- philosophyinAction.com Sense of Life Objectivists -- soloPassion.com Objectivism Online -- objectivismOnline.com Rebirth of Reason -- rebirthOfReason.com The Tracinski Letter -- tracinskiLetter.com Real Clear Politics -- RealClearPolitics.com Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- mises.org Bastiat Institute -- Bastiatinstitute.org Institute for Justice -- ij.org Cato Institute -- cato.org __________________________________________________ Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours * "Atlas Shrugged" SAT. June 15, Aug. 24, Nov. 23 -- SUN. Aug. 25 * Ayn Rand's Park Avenue SAT. July 20 -- SUN. July 21 -- WED. May 22, 29 June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 11 * Skyscrapers of ''The Fountainhead'' SAT. June 22, Nov. 2 -- SUN. June 23, Nov. 3 * Ayn Rand on Broadway SAT. Aug. 28 * Ayn Rand Fifth Avenue SAT. Oct. 26 All scheduled tours $20, over 65 $15: tiny.cc/ToursRand Private tours $30. To arrange for your private tour or for more information, call Fred at home: 718-397-9019 or on his cell: 917-607-9019 or email him: fcookinham [at] juno.com Fred's tours get better because he never stops researching. This July he'll speak at FreedomFest in Las Vegas. "What I have learned from a lifetime of studying Ayn Rand." He's often at Junto and Ayn Rand Meetups. He gave the ''Ayn Rand and Free Market Tour'' for Mont Pelerin Society. __________________________________________________ Read and post to Junto sites Read and post to the Forum on the Junto site: tiny.cc/JuntoForum Read and post to NYCjunto-discuss list: Junto members can discuss Junto speakers and other topics. You can read these posts at: yhoo.it/JuntoP To post to this list you need to be a member of it. Become a member at: yhoo.it/JuntoD or send email: NYCjunto-discuss-subscribe@yahoogroups.com __________________________________________________ About Junto and this Junto newsletter * Gene Epstein moderates Junto. He's the economics editor and books editor of Barron's, the weekly business magazine, author of ''Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers'' tiny.cc/Econo * Iris Bell writes this e-newsletter. * Oleg Atbashian created NYCjunto.com. 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