One evening after the publication of The Fountainhead , Ayn Rand was on the phone, discussing her disappointment over early sales with....
Ayn Rand called Atlas Shrugged a “stunt novel.” She meant that it is a rollicking entertainment: a mystery novel with dramatic twists and
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Today, we live “in the future”—the future that for decades had been depicted in science fiction, pursued by scientists and engineers, and...
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In 1859, the first treatise on “best practices” appeared: Self-Help, With Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance, by Samuel..
When I was a kid, I loved school and I loved to learn. I looked forward to it everyday. But I was frustrated by the many kids around me who.
Exactly forty years ago, this month, I was contemplating the tattered wreckage of my college career. And The Book was responsible.
Since early men ignited the first fires in caves, the unleashing of energy for light, heat, cooking and every human need has been the....
Let me state my case right up front: I think action thrillers are today’s most influential and effective vehicles for imparting the values..
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On August 5, 2006, Reuters published a photograph of smoke rising over Beirut from buildings hit by Israeli bombs. It was one of many
In 2005, at Minnesota’s St. Olaf College, the stirring peroration of that year’s commencement address advised the graduating seniors to
Last year, on November 16 (the anniversary of the Federal Reserve System, ironically), Milton Friedman died at the age of ninety-four. The..
There is no commonly-acknowledged conservative position today, and any claim to the contrary is easy to make sport of...
A new collection of the former President's private letters reveals that Ronald Reagan was a fan of Ayn Rand's work. On pages 281-82 of......
“In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand described what is surely one of the most emotionally charged tennis matches ever played. But her connection
It's official: Angelina Jolie is set to star in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. David Kelley, Founder and Senior Fellow of
Frank Quattrone has just become the greatest businessman in three generations to escape the anti-business persecutions of twentieth-century