by Ayn Rand Objectivism | Nov 8, 2018 | Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
By Scott A. McConnell Every business, organization and movement needs criteria or standards to judge if it is succeeding or failing. The Objectivist movement is no different, but it is harder to determine the growth of Objectivism because it is an ideological movement...
by Ayn Rand Objectivism | Sep 1, 2018 | Ayn Rand, Books, Video
Mayhew discusses humor in Ayn Rand’s popular novel, The Fountainhead, as displayed by the satire of Dominique Francon with the prevalence of the bad kind of “snarky” humor in today’s culture as dramatized by the villain in The Fountainhead, Ellsworth...
by Objectivism Blog | May 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Brian Philips‘ online course on The Principles of Property Rights is now free online at Udemy. Here is the course description: Property rights have long been a part of America’s political heritage. Indeed, the Founding Fathers wrote extensively on the importance...
by Objectivism Blog | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Let us imagine ourselves among a race of giants who differ from us in proportion as we differ from the child and we ourselves are forced to use the giant’s furniture, dishes and possessions. If we want to sit down, we have to climb on to a chair with our hands and...
by Objectivism Blog | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yaron Brook is the host of the nationally syndicated Yaron Brook Show and renowned best-selling author. Brook’s Radical Capitalist series can be heard weekly on TheBlaze Radio and his Living Objectivism series can be heard on the Yaron Brook Show at BlogTalk Radio and...
by Objectivism Blog | Mar 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), the leading center for the advancement of Objectivism, today announced that its board of directors has unanimously chosen Tal Tsfany as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer (CEO). Tsfany, who currently serves as a...
by Objectivism Blog | Mar 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Writes Dr. George Reisman in a moving tribute to his wife Edith Packer: Edith was born on October 27, 1924. At this point, I don’t think she can hold it against me for revealing her age. So when she died this last Sunday she was over 93 years old. I had always...
by Objectivism Blog | Mar 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Writes Gena Gorlin in A Passionate Call for a Commitment to the Truth | Psychology Today: Indeed, people of all political persuasions seem increasingly willing to uphold their “principles” at any price—including the price of bending or disregarding reality. A recent...
by Objectivism Blog | Mar 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Atlas Project is an online, chapter-by-chapter discussion of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, exploring the novel’s intricate plot and abstract themes through online discussion and live interactive video with philosophers Dr. Greg Salmieri and Dr. Ben Bayer. This...
by Objectivism Blog | Mar 22, 2018 | Books
Jason Crawford has written an extended summary of Steven Pinker’s new book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress over at his blog Roots of Progress: Enlightenment Now is just what the world needs right now. It is a defense of the...
