From Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of Her Q&A: Chapter: “Religious Conservatives”: Q. “If religion is instrumental in spreading altruism, can we fight altruism in America without fighting religion?” A. “In America, religion is relatively non-mystical. Religious...
“Ayn Rand’s heroic vision of man as a rational, noble, productive being has inspired millions of people. It can be difficult, though, to grasp just how her ideas, universal and abstract as they are, can serve as a practical and specific guide to everyday life....
“Ayn Rand’s heroic vision of man as a rational, noble, productive being has inspired millions of people. It can be difficult, though, to grasp just how her ideas, universal and abstract as they are, can serve as a practical and specific guide to everyday life....
Writes philosopher Greg Salmieri on the differences between Ayn Rand and Aristotle at Check Your Premises blog:Rand is always focused on the individual human being, who has distinctive ideas and personal values that set him apart from others in his community and that...
A talk presented by Professor Tara Smith at the University of Texas Austin on April 1,...
An excerpt from Chapter 5 of Ayn Rand Answers: ARI: Can you give a specific example of when she responded angrily to a question? MARY ANN: Someone asked her for her views on immigration, if she thought it was a good thing. And she got indignant immediately at the very...
Onkar Ghate and Tara Smith join Dave Rubin to discuss the virtue of selfishness. This is the first in a series looking at Objectivism’s approach to Happiness. The full list of topics covered in Objectivism on Happiness (Rubin Report episode list): Why Is...
Philosopher Ayn Rand said that she wanted no eulogies at her funeral, but only asked that her favorite poem, “If” by Rudyard Kipling, be read. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself...
From This much I know: Michael Caine, actor, 76, London | Life and style | The Guardian: The book I return to is Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. My first daughter was named after its heroine, Dominique Francon.
Elan Journo has a informative interview with Boaz Arad, from the Ayn Rand Center Israel, about his activism to end military conscription in Israel. Boaz’s solution is a volunteer army which is justified in a two part argument “one part moral, one... 
