IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Washington Post recently stated that several of Donald Trump’s appointees are fans of Ayn Rand, the novelist-philosopher most famous for her 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged.”It’s a...
From Playboy Interview: Ayn Rand | Playboy:Has no religion, in your estimation, ever offered anything of constructive value to human life? Qua religion, no – in the sense of blind belief, belief unsupported by, or contrary to, the facts of reality and the conclusions...
The Undercurrent has an excellent interview with Onkar Ghate on Free Speech vs. Religion: Dr. Onkar Ghate is a senior fellow and the Chief Content Officer at the Ayn Rand Institute. He has written and lectured extensively on philosophy and serves as Dean for the...
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... 
