An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
Workers' pay in the laissez-faire era of the19th century rose steadily with the innovations that increased productivity and lowered prices..
Objectivism holds that each person's life is its own moral sanction, and that no one thrives in life except by living as a rational being...
Hampton was 6 when his hometown snapped. His father worked for the Memphis law firm that represented King when the civil rights leader led..
We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
When Ayn Rand created a heroic American dynasty for her novel Atlas Shrugged , she based the family's fortune not on oil, or autos, or
One firm belief that I bring to the Business Rights Center is: Philosophy matters. Without a theoretical defense of the fundamentals...
Objectivism holds that in a society in which people deal with each other by trade, there will exist a "pyramid of ability." It is a pyramid
November 1999 -- Objectivists too often reduce the life and achievement of James J. Hill to a single debating point: He built a
December 2003 -- Somewhere you've probably seen the old photos. The two men are wearing bowler hats and sack suits and celluloid collars
Those are not the kind of questions Landrum wants to be answering. “I’m looking for people who don’t need a lot of guidance,” he tells me...
July/August 2003 -- While collecting entries for this issue's "Cultural Calendar," my thoughts returned to David Kelley's article "For a
During the fourth century B.C.—we don't know exactly when—a man, a resident of Athens, a student and teacher of philosophy, changed the worl
Muhammad Yunus, who founded Bangladesh's Grameen Bank in 1983, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his promotion of micro-financing, and..
Bill Mensching has aged a painting four hundred years, created a gigantic glass mural for a hotel in Las Vegas, and shipped the makings of..
Since 2006, the most objective presentations of conservative views to be heard in Manhattan have probably been those offered at a program...
The piano prelude begins insistently, with a loud, rhythmic figure repeated immediately at a lower register. The music winds up and down
Ask Jeannette Claudine Romeu what she does, and you’ll get a collection of answers. The fifth-generation musician is by turns a pianist...
I am sitting on the shore of Lake Ontario. It is late spring, and the sun rose about five minutes ago. The waters, which appeared blue
What she came up with may give you the giggles. But the plastic horn-shaped device, dubbed a “ SheWee ,” has become a hot commodity for...