Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Michael J Hurd: Obama’s Phobia Of Ayn Rand
The philosophy of reason is not the president's ally. In a speech at Georgetown University this past May, we learned two things about President Barack Obama. One, he loves the Catholic leader, Pope Francis. Two, he hates Ayn Rand. No, it’s not really a surprise. But the specifics of Obama’s comments — and the fact that progressives ... MOREMilo Yiannopoulos: In Defense Of Ayn Rand
The monster under the progressive bed. Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists. Her name is Ayn Rand, and she is responsible for a theory called objectivism, which holds that reality exists ... MOREThe Perfect Woman For The $10 Bill: Ayn Rand
She understood the root of money is you. Perhaps my favorite character in all of literature is Ayn Rand’s Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastián d’Anconia from her novel Atlas Shrugged. The descendant of long line of industrialists and sole heir to his family’s fortune, Francisco flouts the idea that money destroys by working to be worthy of his ... MORE'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
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