Editor's Desk: Just Do It by Sherrie Gossett Feed Your Family on $10 Billion a Day by David Burge Coming up with the cash to keep Uncle Sam flush is a piece of cake—if you don't mind a little blood on your hands. Leader of the Geeks by Kira Newman He launched a start-up that helps developers build web applications faster. Now he's helping to draw millions in venture capital to the D.C. region. sidebar: Start it Up! A sampling of D.C. start-ups. Queen of the Triple Win How Lynda Weinman Launched a Revolution in Technology Education by Sherrie Gossett sidebar: Reflecting on Steve Jobs by Lynda Weinman Weinman, who in the mid-1980s spoke publicly on behalf of Apple about her use of its computers in creating animation for Star Trek V, reflects on the impact Steve Jobs made. The Problem Solver by Kira Newman A frustrated accountant sets out to cure small-business headaches. Theme Section: Winning: Succeeding and Thriving in Life I Can and I Will by David Kelley "I can" recognizes what is possible for us. "I will" takes responsibility for living. Loving the Doing by Ed Hudgins Optimal experience comes when high skills are challenged to their limit. Losing While Winning by William R Thomas Are you winning little or winning big? Living an Extraordinary Life by Sarah Perry It starts with hope, dreams, and a kick in the seat of the pants. The Chief Burger Flipper of Island Famous by Sarah Perry How a new grad went from busboy to restaurant owner and real estate developer. Trysts a poem

Mar 8, 2012

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L'incision que le Dr Thomas Tkach fait dans le genou de son patient est presque comme une horloge. C'est vendredi matin, et dans les minutes qui suivent, le Dr Tkach...

7 mars 2012

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David Hogberg

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Oubliez les gratte-ciel en acier inoxydable étincelants. Oubliez le matériel d'enregistrement dernier cri, les cadres surpayés et l'accord automatique. ..

7 mars 2012

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Sarah Perry

10 minutes

Dr. Eric Logan and First Presbyterian Hospital are pseudonyms, used at the request of the doctor interview...

7 mars 2012

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David Hogberg

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When people think of Medicare, they usually think of the government health insurance program for seniors over age 65. They may even recall..

7 mars 2012

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David Hogberg

15 minutes

Winter 2011 issue -- Did Jane Austen approve of slavery? In her novel Man­sfield Park, published in 1814, the wealthy pater-familias Thomas Bertram is mostly absent, because he is off tending to his plantation on Antigua—where the fields would have been worked by African slaves. Yet, when he is mentioned, and again once he returns to his home, he is a positive and respected figure. Slavery isn’t a problem in the novel. His slave-holding leaves no more moral stain than does his bank account.

7 mars 2012

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Sherrie GossetWinter 2011 issue -- When you are in need of surgery or medical treatment, who should decide what type of hospital you use? You? Or politi­cians and interest groups? Your health, pocketbook, and life may be at stake in such a decision.

7 mars 2012

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February 23, 2012 -- If backdated options affected something called “earnings,” and “investors care about earnings,” is that enough to show that backdated options were material information for investors to have—even without proof that the real earnings investors care about are the “earnings” affected by backdated options?

Feb 24, 2012

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Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..

Feb 22, 2012

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The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...

Feb 22, 2012

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This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the

Feb 21, 2012

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10 minutes

Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who

Feb 21, 2012

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January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T

Feb 21, 2012

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10 minutes

In 1940, The Saturday Evening Post carried a short story by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), who had begun his career as a sports reporter but who

Feb 21, 2012

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Arnold Baise

One side effect of the 2008 financial crisis has been renewed attention to the ban on insider

Feb 12, 2012

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Jeffrey A. Miron

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"Tea parties." "Going Galt." You've probably seen a growing number of references to these in the media, online, and on signs at rallies reacting to new government spending and controls. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against excessive government. Today's "tea parties" say "no" to spending without limit and the government takeover of our lives.

Feb 10, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

Fall 2009 issue -- I am an advocate of Objectivism, but I never met Ayn Rand. I regret that, as by all accounts she was fascinating and.....

6 février 2012

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Under pointed questioning by Henry Waxman, the committee chairman, Greenspan issued a mea-culpa that resounded around the world.

6 février 2012

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Winter 2011 issue -- The suggestion that a movement can be both radical and conservative may sound contradictory. To be radical is to...

6 février 2012

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6 minutes

En janvier 1962, dans le tout premier numéro de The Objectivist Newsletter, Ayn Rand écrivait : "Les objectivistes sont...

6 février 2012

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Bradley Doucet

7 minutes