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Decline Demands Philosophers, Not Censors

January 1, 2001 -- "Is civilization really going down the tube?" asked New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman in an article entitled...

Mar 16, 2010
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3 Mins
Art and Ideals

February 1, 2004 -- Some 30 to 40 thousand years ago, human beings began making images in caves like Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in southern France

Mar 15, 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
6 Mins
Ayn Rand's Philosophical Stunt Novel

Ayn Rand called Atlas Shrugged a “stunt novel.” She meant that it is a rollicking entertainment: a mystery novel with dramatic twists and

Oct 7, 2007
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William Thomas
8 Mins
The Best Thriller Writers—Ever

Let me state my case right up front: I think action thrillers are today’s most influential and effective vehicles for imparting the values..

Apr 1, 2007
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Robert James Bidinotto
10 Mins
Honoring Ayn Rand: Encountering Objectivism, Discovering Myself

I was introduced to Ayn Rand's work in 1984 by Lou Torres, who had founded Aristos, an arts journal informed by her philosophy of art, two

Dec 1, 2004
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Michelle Marder Kamhi
3 Mins
Why Art Became Ugly

For a long time critics of modern and postmodern art have relied on the "Isn't that disgusting" strategy. By that I mean the strategy of ...

Sep 1, 2004
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
10 Mins
Ayn Rand Swings!

In order to answer that question, I have to share an experience. In the summer of 1991, I was on a three-week tour of Japan, and I finished

Jan 1, 1999
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Scott Bullock
7 Mins
The Ides of March by Thorton Wilder

I've reread Thorton Wilder's The Ides of March many times, always with the equivalent of a slight mental frown: Why do I like this book so

Mar 21, 1998
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Walter Donway
4 Mins

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