Chris Grieb

Are there any recordings you recommend. Thanks!

I to read about and was sadden by the death of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. I was also sadden by the fact that discussions of her politics seemed to be the principle thing about her career. The Washington Post in their obit talked more about her membership in the Nazi Party. This was during World War II. In their appreciation they talked more about here musical career and her magnificant voice.

I had a post about the Lang movie Fury. Fury starred Spencer Tracy. Tracy is going through a small town and is unjustly accussed of a henious crime. A lynch mob forms and the jail is burned down with everyone believing that the Tracy character has been killed. I think evidence is found that exonerates the Tracy character. The lynchers are prosocuted. Tracy is alive. What I have seen of this movie is very good.

I too liked the April 2006 New Individualist. The article about the skeptics was a little bit depressing but it does make the point that Objectivists have to keep fighting on altruism.

Thanks for the link. On the whole a good interview.

Dennis Miller's piece is delightful. The business about cheering till they realize the tv cameras are on is delightful. Thanks

I think it's great you're back too. It was bad when you were down Chris Grieb

The Baldwins said they want to bring Atlas as three movies beginning next year. As I posted they seem very friendly to the book. Karen Baldwin refered to Dagny as the best female character in world!! literature. I am feeling much better about the movies.

I already made a brief comment. I agree with Jim and the others that it was the best Summer Conference. The news about the movie is great. The Baldwins seem like people who love the book and want to do right by it. I thought David's and Will's early course was great. I also liked Barbara's talk. Roger Donaway should have come sooner.

I wanted to say what a delight it was to meet you all at TOC Summer Seminar. Now I can put a name with a face. Everyone should know that Barbara is a trouper leaving the common room after I did some nights.

I will be getting to Chapman at about 4pm Saturday I looking forward to meeting all of you over the week.

During Ford's Presidency Miss Rand and Frank attended the state dinner for the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Miss Rand had also attended Alan Greenspan's swearing in as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. Mr Fraser was of fan of Atlas. I have no idea what has become of Mr Fraser.

Barbara; Could you tell when tape transcription division started? I have a feeling 1961. Where the first cities Boston, DC, LA and San Francisco? Where Peter Crosby in LA and Paul Eissen in San Francisco the onlyNBI business reps in those cities. I know Charles Sures was the second rep in DC.

Michael; Thank you for clearing up who Fred Weiss is. I must say that my dealing with Paper Tiger have been the best.

Miss Rand had some correspondence with Barry Goldwater which is reprinted in her Letters. Miss Rand was initially very impressed with Ronald Reagan but later came to have a very low opinion of Reagan. Reagan in an interview in Reason was familiar with Fountainhead but had not read Atlas. Congressman John Ashcroft placed two essays of Miss Rand's in the Congressional Record. Ashcroft was a conservative Republican from Ohio. I believe Man's Right and The Nature of Governmentwere the articles. In the NYT in a piece about the Goldwater defeat(the day after the election) quotes were taken from National Review and NBI.

Kat; Let's start with Martin Anderson, I believe he read Fountainhead and Atlas then took Basic. He may have taken other courses. Presuasion magazine had a conference on the draft at which Anderson was one of the speakers. Joan Kennedy Taylor said Anderson got a call from Nixon while at the conference. Nixon was interested in reforming the draft and was willing to look into alboshing it. Nixon in 1968 proposed moving to an all volunteer force and was elected. He appointed a commission headed by Alan Greenspan who had also served as an advisor to Nixon during the campaign. There was a report that Greenspan was going to turn his economics course into a book with Anderson's help.

Ellen; The book Facets of Ayn Rand Memoirs is by Mary Ann Sures and Charles Sures. It is a transcript of interviews by Scott McConnell who works for the Ayn Rand Institute. Charles Sures died before the book was published but all of his parts had been completed.

Ellen I meant to use the word patients rather than students. I thought of myself as a patient. Dr Locke's students U of Maryland were not students of Objectivism at least those who took Psy 101. I did not know much about Dr. Locke's career. Thanks for your contributions to this tread. Barbara when did the taped lectures start? I know in 1960 & 61 you were giving live lectures in Philly.

Kat; Charles Sures in his memoir Facets of Ayn Rand says the went up to NYC to take Basic Principles and met Ayn Rand after a lecture. Another person who took Basic with me in 1966 was Karl Hess. He had been the chief speechwriter for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and been treated badly after the campagn. He late became a Libertarian and friends with Murray Rothbard.

A lot of really great movies. On the Godfather series I would leave out The Godfather III. I would add the great Bette Davis movies Dark Victory, Now Voyager, and Jezebel. In westerns. The Searchers by John Ford, in comedies Some Like it Hot and Young Frankenstein. I just posted on my tread about 100 years, 100 Cheers the movie The Patriot. I have to mention my favorite Sean Connery The Unthouchables. Let's keep the lists coming.

The Wizard was on the list. One movie that I find inspiring is the Mel Gibson movie The Patriot.

I don't how many patients Dr. Locke had but I suspect no more than 10. Most of his students were students of Objectivism. I think he taught one general course and worked with graduate students at Maryland.

I was one of Dr. Locke's patients. I saw him as a patient from 1973- 1975. I would rather not discuss anymore about my years as a patient. Many of us in DC Objectivist's circles did not know the full extent of Dr. Locke's work in psycholgy. A correction Charles and Mary Anne Sures were married in 1965 not 1963. One person who took NBI courses was Martin Anderson who had written The Federal Bulldozer. He later worked for Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

Barbara; I think one the big problems for ARI crowd is to admit that Ayn Rand made mistakes and was human. I think they can't admit those facts.

Ellen; I encountered Harry a few times when I attended NBI lectures in NYC. This was the spring of 1966. I was at a Navy Hospital in Philadelphia waiting to get out of the Navy. I was at one lecture where Nataniel called on Mr Binswanger to see he and Miss Rand after class. I had the feeling he was being chewed out. I still don't recall hearing about Peter Schwartz until the late 70ths. While Duncan Scott is interviewing big names in Objectivism I'm hoping that students will share their memories of NBI.