I’ve always viewed Ayn Rand’s most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, as a warning about the dangers of over-regulation, over-taxation, and excessive redistribution.
If you are like many people, you made some resolutions to improve your life in some way in the new year. Maybe you resolved to quit smoking.
Flame away but I’m just going to say it: pot is disgusting. Smoking pot is the worst of all. The stuff stinks. It’s worse than regular cigar
Ayn Rand’s most adamant axiom forms the foundation of her Objectivist philosophy: “Contradictions do not exist.” But what about the
If Ayn Rand had written a sequel to Atlas Shrugged, no doubt John Galt would have married Dagny Taggart. And romantic (realist!) that he was
Ray Dalio, who runs the world’s largest hedge fund, recently penned “Reflections on Trump’s Presidency” in which he urged that “Regarding...
Among the women writing about liberty who captured the fancy of Ayn Rand was Rose Wilder Lane...
We all know that GOP Rep. Paul Ryan likes Ayn Rand. Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan -- who recently lost his bid to unseat Nancy Pelosi as his party
For many Americans, Thanksgiving dinner begins with a prayer. It is a chance to hold hands, to take a pause, to give thanks. Ayn Rand....
The morning after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, I attended the weekly Wednesday Meeting hosted by Americans for Tax Reform, as I have for nearly two decades
Many great creators have a partner to their genius -- whether muse, mentor, or moral support. For novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was his
Fifty years ago today I was born in New Delhi, India. My parents were in the Peace Corps — my father....
Eamonn made a face. He was looking at an Instagram photo of a sculpture I showed him over dinner, and frowned his disapproval. It was...
These past three years I’ve recycled the same costume -- a black spandex bodysuit that premiered in 2013 as “Catwoman,” returned 2014 as “Sp
He is an unlikely Objectivist — yet for this Mexican American, Ayn Rand was a lifesaver. Her fiction and philosophy of self-reliance
Fall 2011 issue -- A kick-ass half is better than a half-assed whole, quip the founders of 37Signals in their book Rework. They were referri
If and when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finish sparring over personal health, illicit emails, and Vladimir Putin’s qualities as a...
The hair was all 1920s Louise Brooks, only side-swept in a choppy bob that she favored all of her life. It framed large, dark Eastern Europe
Ayn Rand as an artist: interview with Atlas Art Contest judge Judd Weiss. Recorded at Scorpiesse with Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman...
Last weekend I spoke to room packed with 200 high school and college students. Their attention was switched on, phones switched off. They’d
