From Ayn Rand, The Objectivist Calendar, December 1976: “The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized. The gift-buying . . . stimulates an enormous outpouring of ingenuity in the...
Twitter has suspended the account for Leonard Peikoff’s The Cause of Hitler’s Germany because of its book cover now violates Twitter rules. The Cause of Hitler’s Germany—previously published as part of his 1982 book The Ominous Parallels—Leonard...
In the Romantic Manifesto, Ayn Rand reports that before she heard the name “Aristotle,” she had accepted his principle “that fiction is of greater philosophical importance than history, because history represents things only as they are, while fiction represents them...
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...
Photo: Ken Bennet/ Wake Forest University From journalnow.com: 1. Allison is an Objectivist who supports pro-capitalist policies Allison said Trump also sought his advice as an outside-the-box thinker that includes being a devotee of author Ayn Rand and her economic... 
