Welcome to OL. I gather you’re the same Chuff I’ve interacted with a bit on OO. On that silly religion thread. Here’s a bit of material on how I came to the attitude I have: http://www.objectivistliving.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9839&view=findpost&p=119008 One of these days I’ll write something more autobiographical about it, that is, about my own “conversion”. You can get the Branden lectures on audio here: http://thecultureofreasoncenter.com/category/downloads-media/ayn-rand-f-objectivism/objectivism-nonfiction-lectures/the-basic-principles-of-objectivism/ I prefer the book, for underlining, margin notes and such. Compared to Peikoff, I think you’ll find that Branden is the better communicator. These things have a way of changing. In my opinion Peikoff (in F&V) rationalized an expulsion that was carried out for an unstated reason: Kelley spoke at a LFB event, and LFB at that time was promoting Barbara Branden’s biography. Peikoff himself appeared at a LFB book signing just a few years earlier (promoting The Ominous Parallels), so the fact they promote Murray Rothbard books (and whomever else Peter Schwartz was soon to denounce) isn’t the reason. There’s a video of him, I have it on VHS, at the Ford Hall Forum in the early 90’s, where a questioner asks how to tell what libertarians are ok to talk to, since Peikoff had just appeared on Brudnoy’s program, a radio host who used the libertarian label for himself. One of these days I’ll hook up the VCR to the computer and upload it to YouTube, it only lasts a couple minutes. “That’s a very unfriendly question” is how his snarling reply starts, and it only goes downhill from there. Yes I'm the selfsame Chuff. Also, I'd love to know: 1. How to hook up my VCR to a computer to upload VHS tapes and 2. How that question is answered objectively. Thanks for the reply!