The passing of this conservative Supreme Court Justice has set off a political firestorm in a year already burning with conflict. GOP...
One of the most intense partisan conflicts in Washington, D.C., during the Bush presidency has been the struggle over Senate confirmation of
We're delighted to announce that Eduardo Marty will return to speak at our Atlas Summit again this summer. Marty will speak on...
The biggest moment of her life was about to arrive, and Katie Torpey didn’t even care. It was a Saturday night in Los Angeles, and Katie
Ed Hudgins weighs in on some of Bernie Sander's stances. "Bernie Sanders is on a jihad against 'extremely greedy and selfish financiers'"...
For liberty to succeed, it needs a philosophical and moral base so that its supporters can be intellectually and morally self-confident when
SpaceX, the rocketry startup founded by Elon Musk, succeeded on December 21, 2015 in bringing the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket back
The Force Awakens recycles plot elements, scenarios, reveals, bar scenes, Death Stars, and surviving characters from the original trilogy
Genetic engineering is on an exponential growth path. In 2001 the cost of sequencing a human-sized genome was about $100 million. By 2007...
Sports is an arena in which individuals can excel in physical prowess and skill as well as in moral character.
A Space Odyssey again on the big screen. That’s the best way to see this visually stunning cinematic poem, like I saw it during its...
How involved should government be in women’s pregnancies? A case from Wisconsin speaks powerfully about the dangers of personhood policy...
Michelle Marder Kamhi’s new book Who Says That’s Art? presents a “commonsense view” of the visual arts that owes much to Ayn Rand’s
The debate was held at the 2015 FreedomFest, and featured Ed Hudgins (The Atlas Society) and Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation.
Aspiration is the essence of what we call “the human spirit,” as reflected in many common sayings: Nothing ventured, nothing gained; The best is yet to be; Aim for the stars.
The Atlas Society's Research Workshop met online on Thursday, October 22, for a discussion of virtues derived from the positive psychology..
If you’re a fan of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and digital age revolutionary, you might find Steve Jobs the movie a bit hard to take...
With Pope Francis taking a progressive line, it is time to recognize the common premises of Christian doctrine and the egalitarian, identity politics of the progressive left. It is time for an updated Beatitudes for the age of equality.
Ayn Rand had strong views on the meaning of certain words: “selfishness,” “altruism,” “intrinsic,” and so on. So when Objectivists read
The audience for the first Democratic presidential primary debate was not just the party faithful. It was the low-information voters. And...
