Many thanks to Chris Matthew Sciabarra, the maestro of dialectical libertarianism, for mentioning my Living Action site on his Notablog today.

Chris is the prolific author of three books; the co-editor of one; the co-editor of a leading, academic journal; the writer of innumerable articles in print and on the web; a top notch scholar... and so much more that you simply must visit his web site in order to appreciate what I mean! :-)

I first fell in love with Chris's work when, for the first time a few years ago, I finally read his amazing book, Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical. I've since also read the two, other books in his fascinating, Dialectics and Liberty trilogy. This trilogy also includes the books Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism, and Marx, Hayek and Utopia.

My favorite parts of his trilogy are the first half of Total Freedom and the whole of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical - which parts, I might add, can be profitably read in that order.

I don't think that anyone has demonstrated deeper insight into Ayn Rand's thought than has Chris, nor has anyone I've known shown a fuller appreciation both for what's strong and what's weak in her system of ideas.

Visitors to this site are bound to learn more about the ways in which Chris has positively influenced me, in time.

In addition to this, though, Chris is an all around, great guy. I'm honored to consider him a friend, and it's a gift that I've been able to communicate with him for years. I only wish that I could see him in person much more often than our physical distance and other life circumstances will allow.