1. Former Ayn Rand associate Robert Hessen has died. Chris Sciabarra has a post. For reasons I can’t recall, Hessen and his wife Bea Hessen ended up in Peikoff’s dog house after Rand’s death and they were written out of Objectivist publications.
2. Objectivist philosopher Tara Smith will soon be publishing Egoism Without Permission: The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand’s Ethics. Although associated with the Ayn Rand Institute, Smith is one the less dogmatic of ARI scholars. ARI Chairman of the Board Yaron Brook interviews Smith. here.
