The major German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that the debt-ceiling battle in Washington had a “civil war atmosphere.” But the war...
The major German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that the debt-ceiling battle in Washington had a “civil war atmosphere.” But the war...
The world of Atlas Shrugged is one in which government regulation, taxation, and outright control of the means of production have eaten away
There are people whom you have known or met who have a powerful quality to them; they know themselves, they seem comfortable in their own...
In times of economic trouble, many people find themselves having to cut into their pleasures. The financial pinch could mean switching from
Summer 2011 issue -- On May 11, after the trial of Galleon hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (pictured below) had ended in a conviction on
She stood on a bank of snow with an outstretched hand and decades of hope. It had snowed for seven straight days and three-foot drifts lined
How does your book differ from those of so many other conservative social critics out there? One can think of Mark Steyn, Roger Kimball...
How can we judge how we are doing in life? Most people look to society as a guage. For example, we might look to our pay and our prestige...
Editor's note: The following article is adapted from "Professional Heroes," a talk given by Gordon Stubley at the 1997 Atlas Society Summer
Thirty years ago, Steve Mariotti decided to take a jog by the river. He was about a mile into his run, close to where his high-rise Wall....
It’s no secret that Michael Moore hates economic liberty; the theme of his movie Capitalism: A Love Story is that the free market is evil...
July 4, 2008 -- July 4, the anniversary of the birth of the United States, is a good time to remember the vision of this country. But to
The December of 1989 marked the end of one of the most extraordinary six months of the century....
I first visited West Berlin in June 1981. I took the closed American military train through the 112-mile-long corridor through....
James Cameron’s new film Avatar is loaded with fresh, eye-popping special effects, all in a new, cutting-edge 3-D that sets the standard....
Understanding evolution has helped us satisfy that quintessential human longing expressed by Aristotle: “All men, by nature, desire to....
March 18, 2005 -- Last week Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman, expressed concern that the four men who gang raped her nearly three years ago
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On August 25, 1609 Galileo first demonstrated the telescope to Venetian officials and then proceeded to point it at the night skies in order