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...
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...
“At the age of thirteen, Ayn Rand decided she was an atheist. Her 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 writings...
Mocked by some philosophers, adored by most readers – what is the lasting allure of Ayn Rand? Carrie-Ann Biondi, a Professor of Philosophy at Marymount Manhattan College, and an expert on Ayn Rand and Aristotle, answers this question in “The Courage to Face a...
From Into it: Cal Ripken – CSMonitor.com:We asked the baseball ‘iron man’ and motivational speaker what he’s watching, reading, and listening to. Reading? A lot of business books, including Jack Welch’s Winning. When you first start going... 
