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Ayn Rand's Ideas and Influence

Five Ayn Rand Questions for Michael Newberry

I grew up on the beach and have been an artist ever since. I’m a figurative artist and my work explores light, love, and appreciation...

Jun 4, 2016
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Ed Snider, RIP

Ed Snider died Monday, April 11, 2016, after a long battle with cancer.

Apr 11, 2016
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David Kelley Ph.D
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Ayn Rand and Margaret Sanger—Say What?!

A recent piece by John Ellis at PJMedia, Take the Quiz: Who Said It ... Margaret Sanger or Ayn Rand?, catches our attention by the odd juxta

Apr 8, 2016
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David Kelley Ph.D
3 Mins
Sharing Economy Failure and Prosperity

Many “sharing economy” firms are in trouble! Venture capitalists have lost millions! It’s the beauty of capitalism, improving our lives...

Apr 1, 2016
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5 Mins
Event: Ayn Rand’s Philosophical Underpinnings of Freedom

For liberty to succeed, it needs a philosophical and moral base so that its supporters can be intellectually and morally self-confident when

Feb 10, 2016
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3 Mins
Understanding and Appreciating Art

Michelle Marder Kamhi’s new book Who Says That’s Art? presents a “commonsense view” of the visual arts that owes much to Ayn Rand’s

Nov 9, 2015
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Michelle Marder Kamhi
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"Selling" Ayn Rand's Ideas

Atlas Summit 2015 -- In the decade and a half since the publication of What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand, Louis Torres and Michel

Aug 3, 2015
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Michelle Marder Kamhi
2 Mins
Soccer star Hope Solo praises Ayn Rand's work and ideas

In a recent article ESPN takes a look at the rocky ups & downs of soccer star Hope Solo's life and career. The stellar goalie and two-time

Jul 11, 2015
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2 Mins
Student Program Success!

Easily, my proudest achievement in 2015 so far is The Atlas Society's success at the International Students For Liberty Conference (ISFLC)

Apr 2, 2015
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5 Mins
Nathaniel Branden, RIP

At our organization’s 1996 Summer Seminar, in Boulder, Colorado, Branden made the first of many appearances at our events...

Dec 4, 2014
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David Kelley Ph.D
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Nathaniel Branden Remembered

I first met Nathaniel Branden, who passed away this morning, in fall 1983. I had successfully passed my Ph.D. oral defense of dissertation..

Dec 4, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
3 Mins
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was a woman Ayn Rand author of Atlas Shrugged of truly remarkable achievement. She was a phenomenally successful novelist whose

Nov 10, 2014
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Bradley Doucet
5 Mins
The Objectivist Movement Today

The Objectivist movement has helped many people apply Objectivist principles to their personal lives; it has contributed to the broad-based

Oct 30, 2014
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2 Mins
Paul Ryan Rejects Ayn Rand in the New York Times

No, I wasn’t distancing. I adored her novels when I was young, and in many ways they gave me an interest in economics.

Sep 15, 2014
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3 Mins
Objectivism is Not Anti-Family

Salon.com hates Ayn Rand and Objectivism. The latest evidence is a gratuitous jab, tarring AWriter Sean McElweeyn Rand a conservative and..

Aug 13, 2014
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3 Mins
Ayn Rand on "Why do some people reject capitalism?"

1967: Ayn Rand is interviewed on WKCR, a Columbia University student-run radio station. She is asked about the reason for hostility and the "deep antagonism" that some critics of capitalism express toward it.

Aug 6, 2014
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Ayn Rand on the difference between Objectivism and Nietzsche's Philosophy

Ayn Rand answers questions from students about the difference between Objectivism and Nietzscheism.

Jul 25, 2014
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2 Mins
Truth and Toleration Twenty Years Later

In this presentation David Kelley surveys the history and current state of the Objectivist movement. Truth and Toleration was a monograph...

Feb 13, 2013
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Yes, Mr. President, Ayn Rand Is for Teens -- and Everyone Else

Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up. Then, as we get older, we..

Oct 26, 2012
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Alexander R. Cohen
4 Mins
Getting Ayn Rand Right

"Ayn Rand defended individual freedom" is the newest in exasperated articles calling out mainstream journalists for their...

Aug 28, 2012
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3 Mins

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