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Gus Van Horn
Personal blog · gusvanhorn.blogspot.compoliticsphilosophy
Gus Van Horn's personal blog at gusvanhorn.blogspot.com covers politics and philosophy. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Gus Van Horn's blog for its classical liberal and Objectivist perspective on politics and culture, plus random interesting items. The comments mention a post on the Frito-Lay janitor who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
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the online diary and political musings of an American man
What Hacker News says?
Wonderful story. Both the janitor and the CEO epitomize Ayn Rand's "ideal man": > "The moral issue is: how do you approach the field of work given your intellectual endowment and the existing possibilities? Are you going through the motions of holding a job, without focus or ambition, waiting for weekends, vacations, and retirement? Or are you doing the most and the best that you can with your life? Have you committ…
Comment linking /2019/06/a-janitors-multi-billion-dollar-idea.html
on “A janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (2017)”Submitted Will SCOTUS Stop Trump's Ieepa Tariffs? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttps://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/ I blog/journal about politics (from a classical liberal/Objectivist perspective), cultural issues, and random things I find interesting. "Articles" linked at top right leads to columns.
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Gus Van Horn: "Ford-Chevy" Arguments as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Etiquette Re: Soliciting as a story · 1 points
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