[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Marsha Enright 9400 S. Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60643 Questions? Call 773-677-6418 or write menright at rifinst dot org [/av_textblock] [av_contact email=’sean@dynamisart.com’ title=’Email me’ button=’Submit’ on_send=” sent=’Your message has been sent!’ link=’manually,http://’ subject=” autorespond=” captcha=” color=”] [av_contact_field label=’Name’ type=’text’ check=’is_empty’ options=” width=”][/av_contact_field] [av_contact_field label=’E-Mail’ type=’text’ check=’is_email’ options=” width=”][/av_contact_field] [av_contact_field label=’Subject’ type=’text’ … Continue reading “Contact”
Marsha Familaro Enright, B.A. in Biology, Northwestern University, M.A. Psychology, The New School for Social Research, is an educational entrepreneur, educator, and writer on a broad range of topics, from neuropsychology to philosophy to contemporary literature. She created the Reason, Individualism, Freedom Institute (RIFI), which runs The Great Connections Seminars. Its Great Books-based full liberal … Continue reading “About Marsha”
It’s been a year since Stephen Moore’s article, “Atlas Shrugged: from Fiction to Fact in 52 Years,”seemed to ignite an explosion of interest in Ayn Rand. Sales of this prescient novel tripled; two Rand biographies have been selling like hotcakes; and references to her in the media have skyrocketed. Yet, some free-market defenders continue to … Continue reading “Can the free market be saved without Ayn Rand?”
College students today face an ideological onslaught from educators who are more concerned with creating “good citizens” than teaching them real knowledge. And it’s time for a new approach. I’m running a program for high school and college students this summer because of a first grade perplexity — and Ayn Rand. When I was kid … Continue reading “Students Need Mental Ammunition”
Ken Follett’s novels are not only inspiring and well-written, but also reveal thematic and stylistic choices similar to those in Ayn Rand’s novels. Could it be more than a coincidence? I became hooked on British author Ken Follett through his most famous novel, The Eye of the Needle. It’s the gripping World War II story of a … Continue reading “Did Ayn Rand Influence Ken Follett?”
“I came here with no friends, an old typewriter, and look what I achieved. It would have been impossible to achieve this in England.” So said James Clavell, an Australian immigrant to America who learned the fundamentals of the American outlook on life in a horrific Japanese prisoner of war camp. In over four decades … Continue reading “James Clavell’s Asian Adventures”
originally published in Montessori Leadership “Help me to do it myself,” self-responsibility, peace: these are fundamentals of the Montessori philosophy. How many of you know that another, highly influential thinker with these same beliefs has had a huge influence on the Montessori movement: Ayn Rand? Today, there are thousands of parents, teachers and heads of school … Continue reading “A little recognized influence on the Montessori Movement by Marsha Familaro Enright”
Imagine a novel whose mysterious main character you do not meet until page 236. He is reviled by some for his greed and destructiveness, revered by others for his generosity and remarkable creativity. The plot revolves around discovering who he is and what he stands for. Toward the end of the story, he makes a … Continue reading “Hawley’s Heroes and the Romance of Business”
Marsha Familaro Enright has been attracted by the pleasures and problems of education since the third grade. Trained in biology and psychology, she has written research articles on psychology, neuropsychology, development, and education for a number of publications. She founded the Council Oak Montessori School near Chicago in 1990 and has served as its president … Continue reading “Schools for Individualists: TNI’s exclusive interview with Marsha Enright, by Sara Pentz”
Can’t find anything good on television today? Step into the world of an honest-to-goodness cowboy hero, where the outlaws get caught and good always triumphs over evil. Imagine a gunfighter with a strategic intelligence akin to General MacArthur, the ability to quote Pliny and Aristotle knowledgeably, the sensitivity of a poet, the physical skill of … Continue reading “Old-Style Heroism in ‘Have Gun, Will Travel’”