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A World to Believe In

I, Charles from the Camps: A Novel is a 2018 dystopian novel by Joel D.

Dec 14, 2018
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Joel D. Hirst
Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics, Part 1

This four-part series by The Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D is a justification of capitalism and of Ayn Rand’s ethics of egoism in business.

Dec 10, 2018
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
Fiction Under the Influence: Ayn Rand’s Literary Legacy Details

Fiction Under the Influence: Ayn Rand’s Literary Legacy

Oct 19, 2018
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Marilyn Moore
The Midnight Ride of Ayn Rand

Listen, my children, and you shall learn

Jun 27, 2018
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Daniel Aronstein
Book Review: Butler attempts the near-impossible, and pulls it off....

Ayn Rand left an intellectual legacy the size of Mount Everest. A mountain this size cannot be traversed in a few hours, the literary equivalent of which is 36,000 words.

Jun 8, 2018
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Vinay Kolhatkar
Her Better Judgment: Ayn Rand, Theodore Dreiser, and the Shape of the American Novel, Part 2

Part 2—Esta Griffiths and Lydia Argounova

Apr 30, 2018
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Marilyn Moore
Reason Enough

Ayn Rand polarizes. There are those who declare that everything about Ayn Rand has already been decided.

Mar 12, 2018
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Marilyn Moore
Keeping Your “Should Do’s” In Their Place

The holidays will pile on many more “shoulds” on your already full plate. I should do this… I should do that… I should be doing this faster.

Dec 20, 2017
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Jim Bird
The Temple of Life

Dec 20, 2017
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Vinay Kolhatkar
FEMA Just Can't Compete with Volunteer Orgs Details

Recently, I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about groups like the Cajun Navy, which rescued hundreds of people during Hurricane Harvey.

Nov 2, 2017
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Jason Casella
David Kelley’s Three Greatest Hits

David Kelley is retiring from The Atlas Society, which he founded in 1990 under the name of The Institute for Objectivist Studies.

Oct 10, 2017
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Edward Hudgins
The Science of Fiction

A quest for an integrated theory of fictional narratives must begin by asking why human beings listen to and tell stories.

Sep 8, 2017
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Vinay Kolhatkar
Ayn Rand and I, Part 3

In 1970 I presented a lengthy lecture for the University of Arizona Students of Objectivism.

Aug 22, 2017
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George H. Smith
Removing Statues of Violent Bigots? Start with Che Details

Rosario is Argentina's second oldest city. Located by the Paraná river, it is the home of hard-working people, a busy port, the national flag memorial, and the country's bitterest football rivalry between Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys.

Aug 22, 2017
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Federico N. Fernández
The Violence in Charlottesville

The vast majority of people in the United States have no interest whatsoever in street battles between the alt-right (better described today in more poignant terms) and the counter-protesters.

Aug 13, 2017
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
“Say ‘No’ to Victimhood”

TPUSA News Interview with Jennifer Anju Grossman

Jul 3, 2017
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Ayn Rand and I, Part 2

Shortly after enrolling in the University of Arizona in 1969—a high-school dropout, I managed to talk my way in without a diploma—I formed a Students of Objectivism club.

Jun 30, 2017
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George H. Smith
Rape Culture Carping

A few years ago, when my 90 year old grandmother was still alive, I told her to make sure she kept her ground floor windows shut to discourage any intruders so that she wouldn’t get raped.

Jun 13, 2017
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Olivia Pierson
Is Industry For or Against the Paris Climate Agreement?

In his speech withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, Donald Trump cited an econometric study by National Economic Research Associates.

Jun 5, 2017
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
Mom, I Love You, Selfishly

A few years ago, my mother called me to ask me if I’d heard of her new favorite writer.

May 12, 2017
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Catherine Connors

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