Atlas Shrugged

Why Are There So Few Latino Libertarians?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2012

Daniel Cubias

Of course, there are Latino libertarians out there. But in general, talking Hispanics into espousing the Ron Paul agenda is only slightly easier than getting the pope to show up at the Stonewall Inn for a drink.

9 Stories That Changed The World

Jonathan Gottschall | Posted 04.10.2012

Jonathan Gottschall

The story maker penetrates our skulls and seizes control of our cognitive and emotional machinery. Here are some examples of stories that have changed the world--in big ways and small, in good ways and bad.

Paul Ryan's Atlas Shrugged Quiz

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.15.2012

Jilly Gagnon

If you were going to compare one current member of Congress to Dagny Taggart, who would it be? Please feel free to explain your reasoning, and remember, there are no wrong answers except "Nancy Pelosi."

Why Ayn Rand Was Right

Gary Weiss | Posted 05.07.2012

Gary Weiss

Today, the revolution is being waged by the right. It will be successful -- unless the rest of us stop ridiculing Ayn Rand and begin taking her seriously.

'Atlas Shrugged' Sequel To Come Before Election

Posted 02.02.2012

Part two of the big-screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's political novel "Atlas Shrugged" will begin production in April and hit theaters in October, accor...

Lululemon Athletica Combines Ayn Rand And Yoga

The New York Times | Posted 11.28.2011

Lululemon Athletica, the retailer of yoga pants and hoodies, has long decorated shopping bags with slogans that appear to have been lifted from self-h...

Alice Hines

Tea Party Message Fits Yoga Company's Bottom-Line

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.28.2011

Would you like a free dose of right-wing philosophy with your $98 yoga pants? Lululemon Atheletica (LULU) built its brand by selling pricey workout...

100,000 'Atlas Shrugged' DVDs Promote The Wrong Thing

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 01.11.2012

Ayn Rand's polemical 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged" deals in her pet beliefs: the strength of a market economy, the value of reason, and above all, stone...

10 Manly Books To Honor Ernest Hemingway’s Death

Kathleen Massara | Posted 09.01.2011

From Flavorwire: Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s death. Say what you will about the man, but he was a literary force o...

HuffPost Readers Answer: Who Is Your Favorite Book Heroine?

Zoe Triska | Posted 09.26.2011

There's been a big stink about the difference between male and female writers, kicked up by VS Naipaul a couple of weeks ago when he said no woman was...

GOP Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus

Eric Sapp | Posted 07.27.2011

Eric Sapp

Ayn Rand argued that people had to choose between following her teachings or those of Christianity and other religious traditions. So what was the GOP response to this attack on Judeo-Christian and family values?

Money, God And Greed: The Tea Party And Capitalism

Neil J. Young | Posted 07.09.2011

Neil J. Young

Social and economic conservatism have gone hand in hand -- rather than merely coexisted -- throughout the Religious Right's history.

Rapture And Rand: Peas In A Pod

Ellis Weiner | Posted 07.06.2011

Ellis Weiner

Rapture and Rand: What a couple of sexy, compelling twins! Both offer unsparing moralistic revenge fantasies. Both solicit your agreement and your endorsement in exchange for your salvation.

Why Democrats Must Read Ayn Rand

Eric Sapp | Posted 07.06.2011

Eric Sapp

Rand's total rejection of faith and God is anathema to Christians. Forcing this discussion and calling GOP leaders who praise her on what she actually taught would sew deep discord in GOP circles.

Jason Linkins

The Second City Can Help Ayn Rand Fans Make Successful Atlas Shrugged Sequels

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2011

The producers of "Atlas Shrugged, Part I" originally had high hopes for their ambitious film adaptation of Ayn Rand's best known novel, which tells th...

Atlas Shrugged

Michael Jones | Posted 07.05.2011

Michael Jones

Atlas is a movie about railroads and steel, the ribs and heart of an America past. It is a world like our world but just missing reality.

What I Learned from Parodying Atlas Shrugged

Ellis Weiner | Posted 06.21.2011

Ellis Weiner

Capitalism is to Atlas Shrugged what Quidditch is to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: a fictional construct, vaguely similar to something we have in real life, used for purposes of drama and entertainment.

Remembering Ayn Rand

Steve Mariotti | Posted 06.21.2011

Steve Mariotti

I met with Ayn Rand three times in the 1980s before she passed away. While I will forever reject her philosophy, I fully appreciate her influence on our world today. She was an uncannily prescient woman.

Atlas Chugged! The Inevitable Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 Drinking Game

Jonathan Kim | Posted 06.20.2011

Jonathan Kim

The rules of Atlas Chugged, as with most drinking games, are simple. It's sure to keep your mind occupied as you watch the film while your heart is being filled with disdain for the poor.

What Divorced Parents Can Learn From 'Atlas Shrugged'

Richard Warshak | Posted 06.20.2011

Richard Warshak

Fifty-four years after publication, Ayn Rand's magnum opus..

Atlas Shrugged? Pertinent Today?

Laura Mola | Posted 06.18.2011

Laura Mola

Depression, people on the streets, begging, homelessness, the end of the American Dream -- sounds like today. Well, today in the new Ayn Rand movie At...

ReThink Review: Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 -- Who Is John Galt? And Who Cares?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 06.15.2011

Jonathan Kim

Atlas Shrugged is like what would happen if The Da Vinci Code and the Twilight books had a baby, and then Republicans decided that baby should be the basis for running history's most powerful country.

Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't

Michael Shermer | Posted 06.15.2011

Michael Shermer

After decades of fruitless efforts to bring Ayn Rand's epic novel Atlas Shrugged to the silver screen, the project has finally come to fruition with the first of three installments set to open on tax day 2011.

Lucas Kavner

'Atlas Shrugged' Film Turns To Tea Party For Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 06.14.2011

The marketing team behind the film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged, the first of a three-part series based on Ayn Rand's cult classic novel about the dan...

With Release of Atlas Shrugged Movie, a Rise in Rand Rants on Reason

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.12.2011

John Wellington Ennis

The idea that sides must be chosen in advance of the release of the film Atlas Shrugged feels a little frivolous. With the look of a TV movie, I doubt that the "leftists" will be out in force telling Rand fans how bad this movie it is.