Mitt Romney is running several TV ads that call China a cheater when it comes to trade. But the GOP presidential candidate is cheating his

Oct 4, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

3 Mins

It was the battle of the blue suits, round one, in the presidential debates. There were no major gaffes and no absolute knockouts. Pundits

Oct 4, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

5 Mins

Would-be customers were standing in line at Peter Cimino’s taco truck in Amherst, N.Y., last month when an officer from the local buildings department showed up. The officer claimed the truck needed a permit, but Cimino denied it. So the code officer told his customers to leave .

Oct 3, 2012

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"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" said Samuel Johnson. Well, not always. But President Obama has placed himself squarely in

Oct 2, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

2 Mins

It is sometimes suggested that success in business is an exceptionally good qualification for public office. By that standard, Michael R. Bloomberg would be one of the most qualified public officials in the country: Before becoming mayor of New York City, he built a highly successful enterprise —and its field was financial news, thus tying him to two of New York’s most important industries, finance and media.

Oct 1, 2012

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If you don’t like the idea of antitrust enforcers making Google help its competitors , consider this: Sometimes, antitrust law results in prison terms.

Sep 28, 2012

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We're very pleased to announce that David Kelley's classic treatise on epistemology, The Evidence of the Senses: A Realist Theory of Percept

Sep 26, 2012

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2 Mins

“I feel like I’ve become a government employee without the benefits,” said Vinnie Mazzone, who’s been selling food in Brooklyn for decades..

Sep 21, 2012

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2 Mins

Measurement often is the crucial step in understanding—and gaining control—of a complex phenomenon....

Sep 21, 2012

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Walter Donway

6 Mins

Editor's Note: In the middle of the last decade, two business professors and a handful of Wall Street Journal reporters called attention to widespread backdating of employee stock options, launching a flurry of prosecutions that cost numerous executives their jobs and a few their freedom. Roger Donway ’s monograph Rich-Hunt tells the story of Greg Reyes, CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, who was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison and a $15 million fine—a miscarriage of justice wrought by ambitious prosecutors and their cheerleaders in the media. At The Atlas Society’s 2012 summer conference, where Greg Reyes spoke of his ordeal, Roger Donway explained why the backdated-options frenzy was an anti-business persecution generated out of the flimsiest excuses. What follows is an edited version of Donway’s talk.

Sep 18, 2012

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Today is Constitution Day, and while the Constitution we inherit from America’s Founders is easy to praise, it doesn’t take much looking to

Sep 18, 2012

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Alexander R. Cohen

2 mins

The storming of America’s embassy in Egypt and the murder of America’s ambassador to Libya make it imperative that we understand why the Arab Spring was only the illusion of a warm breeze in the cold, dreary, pre-modern cultural darkness.

Sep 14, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

Quite the contrary. He's taking sweetness out of life for the eight million people who live in New York City. And I'm not just talking...

Sep 14, 2012

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2 Mins

March 18, 2005 -- Last week Mukhtar Mai , a Pakistani woman, expressed concern that the four men who gang raped her nearly three years ago

Sep 12, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

4 Mins

The Atlas Society offers a wealth of material for learning about Objectivism. On this page, we've collected links to web-pages and e-documents that student groups can use to explore the Objectivist world-view and hold discussions.

Sep 10, 2012

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"To deal effectively with our problems we must understand, accept, and apply one fundamental, indispensable proposition:… that we’re all in

Sep 10, 2012

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2 Mins

Ever see someone driven by booze, drugs, gambling or some other obsession and destroying family and friends as a result? Ever want to see...

Aug 30, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

3 Mins

"Ayn Rand defended individual freedom" is the newest in exasperated articles calling out mainstream journalists for their...

Aug 28, 2012

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3 Mins

As the Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle” approached the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, the millions of people following the mission on

Aug 27, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

4 Mins

Representative Todd Akin, this year’s GOP candidate in the Missouri U.S. Senate race, has highlighted campaign-killing idiocies that provide valuable lessons for Republicans.

Aug 24, 2012

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Edward Hudgins