In a dramatic scene from Atlas Shrugged Part 2 , Hank Rearden tells a pragmatic young bureaucrat, “Try pouring a ton of steel without rigid principles.” His remark expresses Ayn Rand’s profound insight about the role of principles in human life, from science and technology to ethics and politics.
Two scenes from Atlas Shrugged Part 1 illustrate Ayn Rand’s principle that when people engage in voluntary trade, exchanging value for value, they are treating each other not “as masters or slaves, but as independent equals”—the highest form of human respect.
"Then I saw what was wrong with the world, I saw what destroyed men and nations, and where the battle for life had to be fought. I saw that
France recently passed a law penalize firms that close plants. As Agence France-Presse reported, The French parliament on Monday
It's easy to see Ladar Levison as a crusader forLadar Levison Lavabit Dark Mail Alliance Atlas Shrugged Business Rights Center...
Author and speaker Barbara Branden died in Los Angeles yesterday at the age of 84. The Atlas Society will be publishing a detailed obituary
In this presentation David Kelley surveys the history and current state of the Objectivist movement. Truth and Toleration was a monograph...
"Fight to be free." These are the words of Republican Senator and businessman Ron Johnson, and he is so committed to the fight, he had the..
Atlas Summit 2012 -- The heroes of Atlas Shrugged are rational, productive businesspeople. In Ayn Rand's thought, a career represents the
Ayn Rand es una de esas cosas que muchos de nosotros, cuando teníamos 17 o 18 años y nos sentíamos incomprendidos, captábamos. Luego, a medida que envejecemos, nosotros..
Atlas Shrugged Part 2 , now in theaters, could be more than just exciting fall film fare. This is the latest installment of the trilogy of
"Ayn Rand defended individual freedom" is the newest in exasperated articles calling out mainstream journalists for their...
Aaron Day interviews libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, via Skype. Johnson discusses the role of government and the influence
Aaron Day interviews libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, via Skype. Johnson discusses the role of government and the influence
Aaron Day interviews libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, via Skype. Johnson discusses the role of government and the influence
On April 30, The Atlas Society published audio of Rep. Paul Ryan speaking at a TAS event in 2005. In the audio he indicates tha
Now that Wisconsin representative Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney’s choice for vice president on the GOP ticket, Ryan’s plan for dealing with the
A recent article by Ammu Kannampilly entitled " India's unlikely romance with Ayn Rand ," published by the Asian-based DAWN media group....
On May 2, 2012, I appeared on “The Big Picture,” a TV show hosted by Thom Hartmann, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Rep...
Last Thursday and Friday a flurry of news stories appeared addressing—again—the link between Rep. Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand’s ideas.
