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About Me

I appear in the video "The Invisible Gun: YouTube Edition." The camera operator is Tali Satele.

In September 2005, I co-founded an unofficial club at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (although I have not attended this school) for the purpose of studying the philosophic theories in the books of Ayn Rand, such as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.

So far, I have been published in two book anthologies. My contributions are:

* "Human Cloning Is Ethical," Genetic Engineering: Opposing Viewpoints , ed. Louise I. Gerdes, (San Francisco, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2004), pp. 103-109.

* Co-authored with Ken Schoolland : "Hugh Akston, the Role of Teaching, and the Lessons of Atlas Shrugged," Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged": A Philosophic and Literary Companion , ed. Edward W. Younkins, (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2007), pp. 311-322.

* "Atlas Shrugging Throughout History and Modern Life," Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged": A Philosophic and Literary Companion , ed. Edward W. Younkins, (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2007), pp. 391-405.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I keep hearing, over and over again, the highly inaccurate claim that deregulation during George W. Bush's presidency caused the financial crisis. The next time someone makes such a claim, I recommend asking that person to give the specific names of at least two laws where both of the following apply:

(1) The law was repealed during George W. Bush's presidency, and
(2) Had the law not been repealed, it would have prevented the financial crisis.

The fact is that not only did George W. Bush utterly fail in deregulating the financial industry, but the regulations of the Federal Reserve System and the Community Reinvestment Act precipitated the crash. I recommend watching this video explanation.

No, Glenn Beck did not worry that Barack Obama is the Antichrist. Watch the video below to hear what Beck actually said.

This YouTube video was created by "Punchey."

"Consuming Hypocrisy," written by and starring Rhys Southan . Music and voice-over by Eliza Wren Payne .

John Stossel exposes the truth about Cuba's healthcare system.

My Blog

In Favor of the Liquidator

This is a revised version of an op-ed I wrote that was originally published in Hawaii Reporter on January 8, 2003.Corporate raiders help the economy when they take over struggling companies in order ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:33:00 GMT

Us vs. The Bus

This is a revised version of an op-ed I wrote that originally appeared in Hawaii Reporter on September 17, 2003. Back in September 2003, Honolulu's residents were quite upset when the city's bus dri...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:07:00 GMT

It Arrived Today

Today, something arrived in the mail for me. Actually, it was two items: the softcover and hardcover editions of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged": A Philosophic and Literary Companion, edited and compil...
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 19:15:00 GMT

My One Complaint About 'Atlas Shrugged'

Note: I previously posted this essay over here. --S.H.February 2, 2007, marks 102 years to the day of Ayn Rand's birth. That day of the month is of particular importance in American culture because, e...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:15:00 GMT

I'm Testing This

I wasn't aware until recently that, if I edit a blog I wrote a long time ago, then the new, edited version will then change the date to that of the last edit.I'm going to add a comment to this entry t...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:15:00 GMT

The Proper Protocol for Privatizing

This is an op-ed I wrote that was originally published in Hawaii Reporter on July 6, 2004.A positive sign is that the word privatization has become popular among politicians of varying ideologies. Un...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:50:00 GMT

Noam Chomsky's Manufactured Conspiracies

This is a revised version of an op-ed I wrote that was originally published in Hawaii Reporter on November 15, 2004.Though this piece mostly attributes to Noam Chomsky the accusation that "the corpor...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:46:00 GMT

A Credit to the Corporate Raider

This is an op-ed I wrote that was originally published in Hawaii Reporter on January 6, 2003.The media's exploitation of the 2002 corporate scandals in its hysterical (and popular) campaign to defame...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:47:00 GMT

Opposition to Intellectual Property Rights Is Patently Absurd

Note: This is a revised version of an op-ed I wrote that was originally published on June 22, 2004 in Hawaii Reporter. Ken Schoolland has read that original version. For the record, I always intend...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:33:00 GMT

Natural Monopoly -- An Oxymoron

This is a revised version of an op-ed I wrote that was originally published in Hawaii Reporter on May 25, 2004. It was republished as the fourth essay (the one all the way on the bottom) in Pen Fiat...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:43:00 GMT