Writing For A More General Audience

I found Diana Hsieh's post, Shifting Noodles, to be intriguing - or maybe inspiring is a better word.  In it, she notes that her NoodleFood posts will henceforth be geared toward a general audience, as opposed to one that is largely familiar with and in agreement with Objectivism.

I think I will try to do this as well, since my primary blogging goal is to organize my thoughts on various topics and learn to articulate them to people who are not likely to agree with me - at least not until they are completely won over by the persuasiveness of my arguments!  C. August's comment to one of my recent posts got me thinking in that direction anyway, and I think it is a good idea to practice writing with a general audience in mind.  It's a little hard, since I'm pretty sure that the only people reading my stuff are Objectivists, but I'll try to get in the habit, at least for the most part.    

Leonard Peikoff Podcasts

Leonard Peikoff has been releasing a new podcast every other Monday, the latest of which is available here: Podcast15.mp3.  

They are brief - about a half hour - and the material consists of Dr. Peikoff's answers to questions that were submitted in advance.  LB and I have been enjoying them; it's starting to become a Monday night tradition for us!

WSJ LTE

To my surprise, the WSJ printed my letter to the editor, which was based on my post from earlier this week. It showed up in the Saturday/Sunday edition, May 17-18, both in print and online.

They did a little bit of editing, but they left my points more or less intact. Above all, they preserved the reference to Ayn Rand in the concluding paragraph.

Ayn Rand Institute Video

The Ayn Rand Institute released a new video today:
The Morality of Capitalism 6.

Update: By the way, I've just decided to start posting links to these when I notice that they are released. This video starts in the question period, so you may wish to back up to the beginning of the series if you haven't already seen them.