Occasionally we write about what we’re currently reading, watching or listening to — not at the level of a full review, but simply to point out arguments, perspectives and issues worth considering. This is one of those. . .
Elan JournoFour Perspectives on Individualism vs. Tribalism
Increasingly, our culture pushes us to see ourselves as passive members of one group or another. But Ayn Rand rejected the tribal mindset that uses superficial characteristics like ancestry, skin color and gender to. . .
Tom BowdenAyn Rand on Apollo 11
One of the crucial functions of a society’s intellectual leadership is to articulate the meaning of important cultural events, to guide the public in understanding their significance. The 50th anniversary of man’s first. . .
Keith Lockitch
America Was Founded on Secular Ideals
If we project current troubling trends into the future — trends such as the splintering of American society into warring tribes based on race, sex, age, place of birth and other accidental factors, plus the emergence of. . .
It’s Independence Day, Not Just the Fourth of July
Born in Russia, Ayn Rand was an American by choice and conviction. For profound reasons, she regarded the United States of America as “the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral. . .
Previously Unpublished Letters of Ayn Rand Now Online
What was Ayn Rand really like? Leonard Peikoff, her longtime student and friend, has said that he would often tell people: “Read her novels; she was everything their creator would have to be.” But with the 1995. . .
New Book Challenges Fears of Overpopulation, Climate Change
Occasionally we write about what we’re currently reading, watching or listening to — not at the level of a full review, but simply to point out arguments, perspectives and issues worth considering. This is one of those. . .
Ben BayerWhy Students Protested Event Analyzing Islamism
When I headed to the University of Rochester to take part in a panel discussion, I had no inkling of the campaign that some students had already launched to shut the event down. The reasons behind their opposition were. . .
