At the age of thirteen, Ayn Rand decided she was an atheist. Ayn Rand’s reason: “the concept of God is degrading to man.” One major form of this degradation is religion’s effect on genuine values, including sacred values. This idea is prominent in her early...
In this panel discussion with audience participation, philosophers Onkar Ghate and Robert Mayhew discuss the “New Atheists”—including Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins—contrasting their approach to moral values with that of Ayn...
From Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S. – Bloomberg Business:Devi Shetty is obsessed with making heart surgery affordable for millions of Indians. On his office desk are photographs of two of his heroes: Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi....
From Don Watkins at Voices for Reason | The Ayn Rand Institute:For Obama, the government’s role is to set our goals, determine our priorities, and centrally plan our lives so that we achieve these priorities. […] Obama’s agenda comes down to taking a bunch of...
Professor Onkar Ghate at The Ayn Rand Institute: as an excellent op-ed on “Freedom of Speech” in wake of the murder of the French Cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo: When foreign governments, religious leaders and their faithful followers threaten and murder... 
