“Screw you,” said Andrew Sullivan to Yaron Brook. It was a small yet startling departure from the polite decorum that otherwise characterized Sullivan and Brook’s discussion of the question “Is Western Civilization. . .
Tom Bowden9/11: Learning the Right Lessons
Last Friday marked the 19th anniversary of September 11, 2001 — the atrocious terrorist attacks that changed America forever. In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer sit down to discuss. . .
Agustina Vergara CidARI Intellectuals on Radio Tackle the Pandemic Response
The Ayn Rand Institute is committed to bringing its unique approach, informed by the philosophy of Ayn Rand, to the analysis of today’s issues. In order to reach as many minds as possible, our intellectuals make an. . .
Paul TaskeChange Your Life. Read Atlas Shrugged.
September 2 has a special significance in Ayn Rand’s classic novel, Atlas Shrugged, as the date is mentioned throughout the book. It’s also the day when Ayn Rand actually started writing the novel, in 1946. So last week. . .
Social Democrat vs. Objectivist. Sparks Fly.
Take a social democrat and an Objectivist. Give them a couple of hours to discuss their views on life and society. The result? An illuminating, often fiery, conversation. That’s what happened when Yaron Brook, chairman. . .
Elan JournoThe Assault on Expertise
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo sit down to discuss the general skepticism around the role of scientific expertise, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include:. . .
Is the Equal Rights Amendment Worth the Risk?
For decades, the nearly one-hundred-year-old Equal Rights Amendment has languished in the backwaters of American politics — until this year, when Virginia became the thirty-eighth state (and the last one needed. . .
The Dishonesty of ‘Real Socialism Has Never Been Tried’
The recent film by Agnieszka Holland, Mr. Jones, portrays the Soviet Russians’ attempt in the 1930s — with the assistance of sympathetic Western journalists like Walter Duranty — to cover up the famine caused by. . .
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