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Dec 16, 2023Liked by Don Watkins

Wow, Don--your wife’s story is quite remarkable. It was fascinating to see those old journal entries and how she may have already been wrestling with the irrationality of all the religious/altruistic indoctrination.

You two seem like a terrific couple and I’m happy you found each other.

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Thank you!

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Superb (and thanks for sharing, Samantha). (Two typos: 'You should be free sell your kidney' --> 'You should be free *to* sell your kidney' and 'we have to be to answer questions like' --> 'we have to be *able* to answer questions like')

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Thank you Robert, for the kind comments and for the corrections!

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I subscribed to him for pure enjoymment it is hard to find someone who calls out Libertarians,Tucker, Trump & Musk! Perfect timing and as you know I am an objectivist - still have tons to learn!

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I like him, too.

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Good to hear - I never heard of him either! As usual when someone posted that Leonard wanted to see what all the fuss was with Trump - I only follow what I like and I don't like reality shows. Eventually I will get used to everyones name - I saw Yaron touring or debating that I never realized that you were that Don.

On Oct 7 I lucked out in finding ARI UK - I have never seen that many objectivist in one spot! Too bad cspan wont cover OCON instead of another Libertarian fest

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Great essay. Minor typo.

"I would be much better off in a free society where I wasn’t not dependent on self-sacrificing doctors."

Should be: "... where I wasn't dependent on ..."

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Thank you!

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