by Charles Paul Freund. Brad Bird's Tomorrowland is "the most insidiously political blockbuster ever made," writes Barry Hertz at Toronto's Globe and Mail.
Like Ayn Rand, Hertz argues, director Bird "pines for worlds where
incredible people can be free to do incredible things, and to hell with
everyone else." This is a theme that some of Bird's ... MORE
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'Atlas Shrugged Reimagined By Mickey Mouse'
by Charles Paul Freund. Brad Bird's Tomorrowland is "the most insidiously political blockbuster ever made," writes Barry Hertz at Toronto's Globe and Mail.
Like Ayn Rand, Hertz argues, director Bird "pines for worlds where
incredible people can be free to do incredible things, and to hell with
everyone else." This is a theme that some of Bird's ... MOREWho is John Galt? Ayn Rand, Libertarians And The GOP
by Gene H. Bell-Villada. Ayn Rand (1904-82) has arisen from the dead. Over the last decade the
pop philosopher and propaganda fictionist extraordinaire has moved
steadily from the cultish margins to the mainstream of US conservatism. Her ghost may even haunt the current presidential race with the
candidacy of Republican Senator Rand ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Libertarians
How to sustain a lasting passion for liberty. What does it mean to be an effective advocate of liberty? It means to love what you do and adopt sustainable patterns of thinking and living that contribute to making the world a freer place. Sustainability is key. Most of today’s attacks on freedom lovers include a dismissal that libertarianism is an ideology for idealistic (or maybe deluded) kids, not one for adults. ... MOREFrom ListVerse: Top 25 Ayn Rand Quotes
Insights of a philosophic genius. Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. She was an uncompromising advocate of rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism, ... MOREScott DeSapio: Thank you, John Aglialoro
Atlas Shrugged III - Who Is John Galt? A vision of liberty. On September 6th, 2014, I stood up in front of a packed house in Las Vegas, NV, and stated, “This is not the movie that’s been playing in your head since you closed the back cover. This is however, without question, a celebration of Ayn Rand’s ideas.” That packed house was filled ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Why Farmers Need Keystone XL
It’s harvest time! But oil shipments out of the Bakken are causing dangerous and costly rail delays for farmers. The oil boom in the Northern Plains is a boon to the U.S. economy, creating thousands of jobs and increasing our supply of American energy. With nearly 3 million Americans out of work, the Bakken is like a pool of cool water in an arid ... MORE
Robert Taylor: 5 Loners & Introverts Who Changed History
Mencken-Rand-Tesla-Mises-Solzhenitsyn. In a time dominated by flashes of celebrity, screaming talking heads on
TV, and cities that don’t sleep, introverts and loners have few places
to fit in. But as Laurie Helgoe argues in Psychology Today, those that are slightly uncomfortable with a noisy culture often have the biggest impact on society. ... MOREBrendan Greenley: David Brat Is A True Ayn Rand Acolyte
It’s been a long time since I read Atlas Shrugged. I didn’t finish it. In my defense, I was 19, and I think we can all agree that the book doesn’t succeed as a novel, in the way that when you open a novel you expect characters and a plot. But I’ve been curious, given the increased prominence of the book since 2010, how in this ... MORE
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