“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...
Philosopher Onkar Ghate at The Ayn Rand Institute has a penetrating article on the anti-intellectualism of President Trump, aptly titled “Why Ayn Rand Would Have Despised a President Trump”. Quoting from the article: Trump’s salient characteristic as a...
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...
From Voices for Reason – Graphic Novel Based on Atlas Shrugged to Be Published | The Ayn Rand InstituteWork is well underway on a new graphic novel based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, to be published in the next couple of years by New American Library (NAL), a... 
