I was 27, and wasn’t thinking about how to make myself look younger -- particularly not when dating a man 13 years my senior.

Jun 10, 2020

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I have been asked, as CEO of The Atlas Society: Why did The Atlas Society not take bailout money from the federal government?

Jun 3, 2020

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3 min

“I’m calling the police,” my mother said from her upstairs office. When I ran upstairs to find out what she was talking about, she was on the line with 911, telling them about the partially clothed adult male stumbling around the drive to the terrace where my parents and immediate neighbors live. I took a video here.

May 18, 2020

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3 min

There are dozens of Black History Month “reading lists” which include many books you might expect, ranging from biographies of civil rights

Feb 22, 2018

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3 min

What would you rather be remembered for: “Read my lips” or “Dodge my hands”? Breaking the tax pledge was once considered the low point...

Nov 3, 2017

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3 min

Maybe it was the cover of Atlas Shrugged that caught the attention of the weight-lifting community. Artist Nick Gaetano’s iconic cover art

Jun 17, 2017

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3 min

My first night as an Airbnb host was a near disaster.I thought I was prepared. Glamour shots of the house – check. Coffee maker – check...

May 6, 2017

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3 min

Ayn Rand’s most adamant axiom forms the foundation of her Objectivist philosophy: “Contradictions do not exist.” But what about the

Dec 13, 2016

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3 min

Fifty years ago today I was born in New Delhi, India. My parents were in the Peace Corps — my father....

Nov 8, 2016

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3 min

Ayn Rand ruined my date last night, and here's why that's a good thing.

Mar 17, 2016

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3 min

We honored Peter Diamandis with The Atlas Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award at our 2020 gala for his vision and shared his life story in our Draw My Life video, “My Name is Peter Diamandis.” Founder of the XPRIZE Foundation along with several ventures in the space tourism and communication space, Diamandis is also a New York Times bestselling author and co-author of four books: Abundance - The Future is Better Than You Think, BOLD - How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World, The Future is Faster Than You Think and his latest book with Tony Robbins: Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love. In speaking with our CEO Jennifer Grossman on March 16, 2022, Peter discussed the power of a positive mindset, the future of exponential technologies, and why Atlas Shrugged became his “bible” in his entrepreneurial journey.

Aug 31, 2022

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Michael Saylor is the leading advocate for Bitcoin, Chairman of Microstrategy, author of The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything, and founder of Saylor Academy, which provides free education to students. In speaking with our CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 23rd, 2021, Saylor discussed his obsession with property rights, referencing Ayn Rand's observation that "without property rights, no other rights are possible." Read on to learn why Saylor lost faith in fiat currency during the pandemic, the "thermodynamics" of Bitcoin, Austrian economics, and how he maintains equanimity in the face of adversity.

Aug 8, 2022

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3 min

I was 27, and wasn’t thinking about how to make myself look younger -- particularly not when dating a man 13 years my senior.

Jun 10, 2020

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3 min

I have been asked, as CEO of The Atlas Society: Why did The Atlas Society not take bailout money from the federal government?

Jun 3, 2020

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3 min

Joe De Sena, Founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand, is an All-Star member of The Atlas Society.

May 19, 2020

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3 min

“I’m calling the police,” my mother said from her upstairs office. When I ran upstairs to find out what she was talking about, she was on the line with 911, telling them about the partially clothed adult male stumbling around the drive to the terrace where my parents and immediate neighbors live. I took a video here.

May 18, 2020

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3 min

The Atlas Society has been fighting for liberty for over three decades, persevering against many challenges –– 9/11, the Great Recession, hurricanes, floods and fires.

Apr 27, 2020

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3 min

My name is Coronavirus. I was born among bats in the caves of Communist China.

Mar 27, 2020

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3 min

At a time when a highly infectious biological virus, the coronavirus, is spreading – as is an equally infectious psychological virus, panic – I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out with a message on what we at The Atlas Society are doing to respond to both.

Mar 22, 2020

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3 min

Thank you so very much for inviting me. I know the relationship between Objectivists and Libertarians hasn’t always been smooth. Ayn Rand famously called libertarians “the hippies of the right.”

Jan 17, 2020

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3 min

Thank you so much, Stuart and Elise, and yes, a special, special thank you to Elise. I empathize with what it’s like to be a part of an

Dec 17, 2019

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3 min

Rubbing noses, sniffing hair, pawing women…. what’s next for Joe Biden, licking faces?

Apr 2, 2019

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3 min

“The gallows doth wonderfully work to concentrate the mind,” observed Samuel Johnson. . . .

Mar 9, 2019

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3 min

When Steve Ditko picked up the phone over two years ago, I stammered an introduction, thanking him for the generous checks he’d written for

Jul 9, 2018

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3 min

If the media want to scold others for lying, perhaps they shouldn’t defend their own liars. Ever since Donald Trump’s political rise, the..

May 1, 2018

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3 min

Conservatism may be in decline, but don’t blame it on Ayn Rand. That’s what Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne tried to do last week while

Apr 16, 2018

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3 min

This Women’s History Month, we turn to words of female empowerment from an unlikely source: Gene Simmons...

Mar 12, 2018

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3 min

There are dozens of Black History Month “reading lists” which include many books you might expect, ranging from biographies of civil rights

Feb 22, 2018

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3 min

We learned last week that tribe trumps truth when it comes to sexual harassment allegations against our political leaders. Partisans stick

Nov 21, 2017

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3 min

What would you rather be remembered for: “Read my lips” or “Dodge my hands”? Breaking the tax pledge was once considered the low point...

Nov 3, 2017

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3 min

Maybe it was the cover of Atlas Shrugged that caught the attention of the weight-lifting community. Artist Nick Gaetano’s iconic cover art

Jun 17, 2017

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3 min

The Amazons, the ancients tell us, were a violent bunch. “The Scythians call (them) Oiorpata, or as it may be interpreted, men-slayers

Jun 12, 2017

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3 min

She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To hell with that

May 31, 2017

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3 min

"I will call them, from now on, losers because that's what they are -- losers. They're losers, just remember that,” said President Trump

May 24, 2017

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3 min

After two weeks of unrest at St. Olaf College in rural Minnesota, during which a group calling themselves “The Collective for Change” shut

May 10, 2017

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3 min

My first night as an Airbnb host was a near disaster.I thought I was prepared. Glamour shots of the house – check. Coffee maker – check...

May 6, 2017

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3 min

Recently I was invited back by economist and professor Mark Skousen to teach his business school class at Chapman University – the topic....

Apr 25, 2017

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3 min

Just a few days ago, Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci seemed to be in hot water. In reaction to bomb threats to Jewish

Mar 6, 2017

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3 min

That’s the attitude of KISS frontman Gene Simmons, an autodidact who immigrated from Israel when he was 8, and who leaned on his own

Feb 12, 2017

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3 min

With the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education yesterday, President Trump won a fiercely-fought battle -- with game-changing

Feb 8, 2017

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3 min

Kevin Sorbo, a neighbor and upright family man, has just made headlines for landing a role as a mystery villain on the hit TV series

Feb 5, 2017

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3 min

Ayn Rand’s most adamant axiom forms the foundation of her Objectivist philosophy: “Contradictions do not exist.” But what about the

Dec 13, 2016

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3 min

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

Dec 13, 2016

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3 min

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....

Nov 23, 2016

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3 min

Many great creators have a partner to their genius -- whether muse, mentor, or moral support. For novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was his

Nov 9, 2016

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3 min

Fifty years ago today I was born in New Delhi, India. My parents were in the Peace Corps — my father....

Nov 8, 2016

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3 min

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...

Nov 3, 2016

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3 min

These past three years I’ve recycled the same costume -- a black spandex bodysuit that premiered in 2013 as “Catwoman,” returned 2014 as “Sp

Oct 30, 2016

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3 min

He is an unlikely Objectivist — yet for this Mexican American, Ayn Rand was a lifesaver. Her fiction and philosophy of self-reliance

Oct 28, 2016

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3 min

Last weekend I spoke to room packed with 200 high school and college students. Their attention was switched on, phones switched off. They’d

Aug 26, 2016

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3 min

“A is A. All the pain has come from the effort to evade the fact that A is A.” ayn rand diet plan exercise reality checkThese are the

Apr 8, 2016

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3 min

Ayn Rand ruined my date last night, and here's why that's a good thing.

Mar 17, 2016

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3 min

Peter Diamandis has agreed to be the recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's fall gala on October 14th, 2020, in Los Angeles –– and equally exciting, last year’s recipient, Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson, will personally be the one to present it.

May 5, 2015

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3 min

Arnold ran from the fight. At 14, having grown up in the Bronx, he was no stranger to brawls. But when a much older bully started shoving

Dec 27, 2010

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