For anyone curious to learn what Ayn Rand was really like, one invaluable resource is her personal correspondence. Beginning with the publication of Letters of Ayn Rand in 1995, readers have had an opportunity to see. . .
Tom BowdenSept. 11 and the Failure to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism
Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism (ARI Press, 2016) showcases the Ayn Rand Institute’s distinctive analysis of what went wrong in the American response to the jihadist menace after 9/11. From the outset we. . .
Elan JournoAyn Rand’s Radical Case for Abortion Rights
With the abortion controversy raging, I’ve written a series of articles on abortion that apply Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism to that debate. But some fans of Rand, who seem to assume she was a “conservative,”. . .
Ben Bayer
Agustina Vergara CidMeet the New Socialism, Same as the Old
We are being pushed to take a bow for a new revolution. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and cadres of journalists and theoreticians have made it their mission to revive the case for socialism. But didn’t the. . .
Conservative Ben Shapiro Interviews ARI’s Yaron Brook
Yaron Brook, chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute, engaged in a spirited and fast-moving conversation with prominent conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Shapiro’s Sunday Special web series on August 25. . .
Foundations of a Free Society: The Story of an Important Book
“Books, essays, articles are [an intellectual] movement’s permanent fuel,” Ayn Rand wrote in 1972. “Such texts,” says Onkar Ghate, chief philosophy officer and senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, “are generated by. . .
Final Group of Never-Before-Published Rand Letters Online
The final group of never-before-published letters of Ayn Rand, spanning the years 1938 to 1950, is concerned more with Rand’s personal relationships and less with her work (though her work is never too far from any. . .
Woodstock & the “Fundamental Conflict of Our Age”
Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo’s flight to the moon, we’re about to be inundated with commentary on another important anniversary from 1969: Woodstock. “For a half-century now,” as one analyst. . .
