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Ethnic Studies: Hostility to Israel Is Tip of the Iceberg

The fundamental problem is not a bias against just one country, Israel, but a fundamental hostility to civilization as such.

Sam Weaver
November 20, 2024
11 min read

Abortion Bans Don’t Really Make Exceptions for the Life of the Mother

The laws’ “exceptions” rely on an impoverished conception of human life.

Ben Bayer
November 4, 2024
4 min read

ARI’s Resources on Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East

Learn about ARI's perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

NI Staff
October 7, 2023
6 min read

Announcing the Harry Binswanger Scholarship Fund: Fostering the Future of Objectivism

Join the effort to celebrate the work of a champion of Ayn Rand’s ideas by supporting passionate students who will continue his legacy.

Marek Michulka
September 23, 2024
3 min read

‘Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right’ Is Worse than Incompetent

While claiming to be non-partisan and deeply researched, Jennifer Burns’s celebrated book is an anti-intellectual biography of an intellectual.

Elan Journo
September 18, 2024
38 min read

Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life

We must understand the philosophical foundations of the right to free speech to apply it to contemporary controversies.

Gregory Salmieri
September 11, 2024
109 min read

New ARI Book Examines What Went Wrong After 9/11

The new, expanded edition of Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism presents ARI’s distinctive philosophic analysis of what went wrong after 9/11.

Elan JournoOnkar Ghate
August 16, 2021
6 min read

Testifying for the Sake of Justice: Ayn Rand and the HUAC Hearings

Rand sought a public forum to begin a discussion about the corrupt influence of communist ideology.

Audra Hilse
August 28, 2024
4 min read

Health Care Is Not a Right

A stalwart proponent of freedom and individual rights denounces the moral premise behind socialized medicine.

Leonard Peikoff
August 21, 2024
16 min read

Announcing a New Book: The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom

In her new book, Tara Smith explores constitutional protections for intellectual freedom.

Ziemowit Gowin
July 3, 2024
2 min read

Why Can’t Professional Philosophers Get Rand Right?

Ayn Rand’s critics fail to interpret her objectively.

Mike Mazza
February 21, 2024
29 min read

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AynRand.org is the official website of the Ayn Rand Institute, the source for information on the life, writings and work of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand.

Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, ARI offers educational experiences, based on Ayn Rand’s books and ideas, for a variety of audiences, including students, educators, policymakers and lifelong learners. ARI also engages in research and advocacy efforts, applying Rand’s ideas to current issues and seeking to promote her philosophical principles of reason, rational self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.

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