by Brian Doherty. A labor of love over money. John Aglialoro is a businessman, and a very successful one, named by Fortune magazine in 2007 as the 10th richest small business executive in the country. But his latest project is, he says, about “love.” It’s the film Atlas Shrugged III: Who is
John Galt?, the conclusion of a trilogy of movies based ... MORE
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Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Craig Biddle: What Is Objectivism?
The philosophy of reason, egoism and capitalism. It is widely believed today that our moral, cultural, and political
alternatives are limited either to the ideas of the secular,
relativistic left—or to those of the religious, absolutist right—or to
some compromised mixture of the two. In other words, one’s ideas are
supposedly either ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
capitalism,
free market,
morality,
Objectivism,
philosophy,
reason,
self-ownership
Obama’s SOTU Brings Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged to Life
by George Rasley. President Obama’s State of the Union address skillfully glossed over just what a sorry state the Union is in these days. Obama’s address, full of deceit and the obfuscation of any facts at odds with his hard-left secular agenda, stands out in its repetition of the threat to act without Congress as perhaps the most anti-democratic ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
central planning,
collectivism,
deception,
dishonesty,
politics,
statism,
totalitarian
VIDEO: John Stossel with Penn Jillette
The Libertarian Magician
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Ayn Rand,
coercion,
drug war,
force,
free market,
freedom,
government,
morality,
prostitution
Nick Gillespie: Ayn Rand Would Have Loved Kickstarter
The ultimate in 'value-for-value'. What does it mean that the makers of the final installment of a
three-part film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s controversial 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged are asking for donations at the crowdfunding site Kickstarter? Isn’t that the book where characters pledge to “never live for the sake of another man, to live ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
capitalism,
economics,
entrepreneur,
Objectivism,
philosophy,
self-interest,
value
Give Back? It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%
by Harry Binswanger. It’s time to gore another collectivist sacred cow. This time it’s the
popular idea that the successful are obliged to “give back to the
community.” That oft-heard claim assumes that the wealth of high-earners
is taken away from “the community.” And beneath that lies the perverted
Marxist notion that wealth is accumulated ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: 5 Myths About Libertarians
What you think you know is wrong. The specter of libertarianism is haunting America. Advocates of sharply reducing the government’s size, scope and spending are raising big bucks from GOP donors, trying to steal the mantle of populism, being blamed for the demise of Detroit and even getting caught in the middle of a battle for the Republican ... MORE
Daniel Hannan: Statism Is Turning America Into Detroit
Ayn Rand's Starnesville comes to life. Look at this description of Detroit from today’s Observer: What isn’t dumped is stolen. Factories and homes have
largely been stripped of anything of value, so thieves now target cars’
catalytic converters. Illiteracy runs at around 47%; half the adults in
some areas are unemployed. In many ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
bankruptcy,
central planning,
cronyism,
economics,
government,
regulation,
statism
Capitalism In No Way Created Poverty, It Inherited It
by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins. The nineteenth century, many people believe, was an era in American history when workers were forced to toil in sweatshops twenty-eight hours a day for starvation wages. It was only when governments intervened, either directly on behalf of workers or indirectly by empowering unions, that conditions improved. ... MORE
Onkar Ghate: A Liberal Ayn Rand?
Maybe liberals should think a little more long term. It's no secret that the right is awash in Ayn Rand. Tea Partiers
carry signs like "Who is John Galt?" and, astonishing for a novel
published 55 years ago, sales of Atlas Shrugged topped 445,000 last year. All of this has prompted researchers like Yale historian Beverly Gage to wonder, "Why is there no liberal ... MORE
President Obama Jabs At Ayn Rand, Knocks Himself Out
by Wendy Milling. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama stated, “Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up.” I’m not trying to mock the President here – he is just repeating an old propaganda line that was hatched by Rand’s opponents – but I have to ask the “adults” ... MORE
John Aglialoro: Rand's Fight For The Rational Mind
Stop wasting time with the irrational. In three weeks we will be voting in, what many consider, the most important election of our lifetime, the 2012 Presidential election. If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve already made up your mind whom you’ll be voting for. Good. But, what about your friends and family who haven’t? Are you going to take ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
economics,
individual liberty,
Mitt Romney,
reason,
regulation,
voting,
welfare state
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