From the Washington Times: A thought for the day: Russian-born American novelist and screenwriter Ayn Rand said, “Disunity, that’s the trouble. It’s my absolute opinion that in our complex industrial society, no business enterprise can succeed...
Quoting Nicholas Provenzo at the Capitalism Center’s Rule of Reason blog: I missed this when it first came out, but Caspar Weinberger praises William F. Buckley and attacks Ayn Rand at Forbes: Getting It Right–by William F. Buckley Jr. (Regnery,...
The NY Times has a well-written article on Adam Wildavsky, who “says he has found the elusive secret to bridge success — and it’s all between the covers of Atlas Shrugged.” Here is my favorite quote from the piece: Ivatury, meanwhile, is a...
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service–it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one’s country means that a man is personally...
New Romanticist: Who is Stephen Siek? Stephen Siek: I still consider myself primarily a pianist, and I think this is essential for anyone who desires to achieve the full range of musical expression possible at the instrument. The physical skill demanded to interpret...
New Romanticist: Who is Dina Schein? Dina Schein : I will be getting my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas in the fall. My dissertation is on the topic of egoism. I was a member of the first graduating class of the Objectivist Graduate Center of the Ayn...
New Romanticist: Who is Tore Boeckmann? Tore Boeckmann:I’m a Norwegian fiction writer. I’ve wanted to write novels since I was a kid, but until now the results haven’t been good enough to publish, although I’ve sold a few dozen short stories....
New Romanticist: Who is Shoshana Milgram? Shoshana Milgram: I’m a teacher-scholar in the field of literature, based at Virginia Tech since 1978. In my courses and publications—on such writers as Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoevsky, E. L. Voynich, and Ayn... 
