How involved should government be in women’s pregnancies? A case from Wisconsin speaks powerfully about the dangers of personhood policy...
Michelle Marder Kamhi’s new book Who Says That’s Art? presents a “commonsense view” of the visual arts that owes much to Ayn Rand’s
The debate was held at the 2015 FreedomFest, and featured Ed Hudgins (The Atlas Society) and Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation.
Aspiration is the essence of what we call “the human spirit,” as reflected in many common sayings: Nothing ventured, nothing gained; The best is yet to be; Aim for the stars.
The Atlas Society's Research Workshop met online on Thursday, October 22, for a discussion of virtues derived from the positive psychology..
If you’re a fan of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and digital age revolutionary, you might find Steve Jobs the movie a bit hard to take...
With Pope Francis taking a progressive line, it is time to recognize the common premises of Christian doctrine and the egalitarian, identity politics of the progressive left. It is time for an updated Beatitudes for the age of equality.
Ayn Rand had strong views on the meaning of certain words: “selfishness,” “altruism,” “intrinsic,” and so on. So when Objectivists read
The audience for the first Democratic presidential primary debate was not just the party faithful. It was the low-information voters. And...
The case for a free society is strong but many remain unconvinced. Why? In this lecture Stephen Hicks presents three of the strongest
In New Hampshire—the primo primary state!—the Republican Liberty Caucus’s annual conference is a battlefield in the civil war within the GOP
In college I discovered that I could paint, draw, and sculpt easily. Any project I had in mind I could go about making, and the finished...
The Martian, from director Ridley Scott, is an exciting film about an astronaut stranded on the Red Planet. It celebrates the heroism that
The European Union has declared that its members will share the current wave of immigrants around amongst its member states. It is a fine
A young girl was recently interviewed on TV about her encounter with Pope Francis on his visit to the United States. She cried with joy as
Is equality a social value? For equality before the law, the answer is yes: Laws should be applied uniformly to everyone.
Today at 1:00 pm EST William R Thomas and Ed Hudgins will be guests on the Galt's Gulch Live show. Tune in for an Objectivist perspective on current events.
The European migration crisis has exposed the profound contradictions in the European Union. Faced with unprecedented numbers of illegal imm
The second GOP presidential debates (held September 16, 2015) were grueling affairs: four candidates for nearly two hours and eleven others
This 5-part course in the Objectivist ethics was filmed this summer, in Nashua, New Hampshire, as part of our annual Atlas Summit....
