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Jim__

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8. Robert Tracinski, the author of the article, is a former senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 08:29 AM
Feb 2013

Given that credential, I'd take any insights from him with a grain of salt.


More on Tracinski:

Owns and runs Tracinski Publishing Company, based north of Charlottesville, Virginia. It once published The Intellectual Activist “An Objectivist Review,” a hard copy magazine originally founded by Peter Schwartz in 1979 and sold to Mr. Tracinski in 1991. In 2012 it ceased publication and Mr. Tracinski replaced it with the email list “The Tracinski Letter.” TIA’s associated email newsletterTIA Daily continues, though usually called “The Daily Debate.” It repeats Mr. Tracinski’s contributions to RealClearPolitics, a website featuring political commentary, usually from a neoconservative perspective.

Mr. Tracinski used to be ARI’s editorial director, a Senior Fellow, and a lecturer in its Academic Center. After starting TIA Daily the amount of his direct ARI work fell off and ARI came to describing him as a senior writer or guest writer. Stopped writing for ARI early in 2004, stopped teaching there sometime in 2005. His articles remained notated “Robert W. Tracinski is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute” until after the congressional election of 2006 when ARI distanced itself from him.

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