The 8.5% increase in holiday sales is the typical illusion produced by price inflation: you pay 8.5% more for the same goods.

I just signed up for Dr. David Sinclair's new test that will tell me how fast I'm aging — thought you would want to know too! Don't worry, I won't tell! doctorsinclair.com/?r=KBNdQ

My interview, conducted by @hbinswanger, on my book THE TYRANNY OF NEED: Examining the Code of Self-Sacrifice--and the Alternative of Rational, Non-Predatory Self-Interest. tinyurl.com/bds6xw4j

Putin demands that Ukraine not join NATO. So he is saying “Ukraine must not be able to defend themselves against us.”

This Objectivist’s video analyzing Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Living”—a book that will both make your head spin and entertain you—is now up at youtu.be/ade1Mw3MChA

Dennis Prager: a great big teddy bear. And almost twice as smart.

This is embarrassing. Some tweets have charged me with changing Ayn Rand's words in "The Age of Mediocrity" to make her say the right to abortion extends to birth. It's embarrassing--but not to me. Here's the typed ms with the change in her own handwriting (as I had said):

Me too! Nothing compares to FTPEditor but none of my 3 or 4 versions can be transferred to my new machine.

Today Moderna announced a virtual cure for cancer. Okay, halfway or more to that. No mention on either Wolf Blitzer’s or Brett Baier’s shows. Non-denominational imbecility.

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on promising new data for mRNA cancer vaccine CNBC cnbc.com/video/2022/12/…

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on promising new data for mRNA cancer vaccine CNBC cnbc.com/video/2022/12/…

Biggest news ever in curing cancer. cnbc.com/video/2022/12/…

Herd Contradiction of the Day: 1) we can’t be certain of anything, least of all what’s right or wrong. 2) Climate disaster looms! It’s beyond doubt! You don’t separate your trash into the revealed categories? Sinner!

All Regulation is Over-Regulation by Harry Binswanger youtu.be/umF2Zj7pZPo?si… via YouTube

Not Left, Not Right . . . Try Up open.substack.com/pub/harrybinsw…

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I’m teaching a new course analyzing in depth Ayn Rand’s phenomenal speech “The Objectivist Ethics.” Part 2 begins Mon. 10/20. 12 Zoom sessions a half hour each, plus 20-30 min Q&A. $600. More: hbletter.com/product/master…

Now we see the only difference between Trump and Mamdani: Mamdani wants to steal from some to pay for “free” goods to others. Trump wants to steal from some to pay for lower prices for others. The socialist and the semi-socialist.