Ayn Rand

Kevin's Gift

Mike Lux | Posted 05.29.2012

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A government that would cut support to middle-class families trying to support their disabled children so the wealthy can get more tax breaks would be a government with no decency.

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Why Are There So Few Latino Libertarians?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2012

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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.

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What's It All About, Romney?

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.14.2012

For Mitt Romney, it's about exploiting the 99 percent for the profit of the 1 percent. That vulture capitalist philosophy is bad enough in the business world, but it's dead wrong for public service.

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Spokesman For Ayn Rand Group Says Paul Ryan Should Run For President

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) puzzled some last week when he appeared to try to distance himself from his known love of philosopher Ayn Rand. ...

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Shining City on a Hill

Mike Lux | Posted 04.30.2012

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Why is Paul Ryan, who is on the short list for Romney's VP candidate, so eager to erase his (very recent) past obsession with Ayn Rand, whom so many other right wingers adore as well?

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Paul Ryan, Possible Romney VP, Suddenly Does Not Embrace Ayn Rand Teachings

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) tried to send the message this week that, contrary to "urban legend," he is not obsessed with philosopher and au...

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Paul Krugman: Why Are 'Centrists' Joining The Cult Of Paul Ryan?

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.09.2012

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So, can we talk about the Paul Ryan phenomenon? And yes, I mean the phenomenon, not the man. Mr. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and ...

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The Cluelessness of Thomas Friedman

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Cap and Trade, Obamacare, Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, Paul Krugman, Democrats, Keynesianism, Tom Friedman, Republicans, Media News

Tom Friedman's column today calls for re-thinking American capitalism by striking a series of "grand bargains," and as usual his analysis of what stands in the way of such grand bargains bears no relationship to the realities of American politics.

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Why Ayn Rand Was Right

Gary Weiss | Posted 05.07.2012

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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.

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Excerpts From Hot New Sitcom: Leave it to Nietzsche

Doug Lieblich | Posted 04.28.2012

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Every year, hundreds of pilot scripts jockey for a coveted position on a network's primetime lineup. One such script, was the highly lauded pilot Leave it to Nietzsche.

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Socialist Sticks & Stones

Arnie Reisman | Posted 04.18.2012

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When it comes to Obama, Tea Partiers sound like extras in The Oxbow Incident. When it comes to politics, they just sound like hypocrites.

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Producers vs. Moochers, Freeloaders, and Losers: The Cruel, Pro-Rich Propaganda of the Right

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.10.2012

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"Producers" and "parasites." Cruel language justifying extreme greed seems to be mainstream now. Even presidential candidates feel free to disparage...

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John Galt Is A Crybaby And So Are You

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.09.2012

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Dear Self-Described "Producer": I received your hate mail this morning. Thank you for emerging from your self-creating illusion long enough to write ...

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When Will President Obama's Critics Admit They Were Wrong?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.09.2012

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Anyone -- left or right -- who thinks Obama didn't "bring change" fast enough is living in a fact-free dreamland.

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'Atlas Shrugged' Sequel To Come Before Election

Posted 02.02.2012

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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...

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What is the Use of Space Exploration?

Margaret Weinberg | Posted 03.26.2012

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Throughout my childhood social studies classes, I was told that we study history so we can learn from our mistakes and successes. To not pursue space exploration is to spit in the face of this lesson.

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How Obama Can Win Big

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.27.2012

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While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

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Are the Koch Brothers Teaching You? [VIDEO]

Robert Greenwald | Posted 03.25.2012

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What's happening to academia in Florida demands national attention. Billionaires Charles and David Koch are infringing on intellectual freedom and independence in colleges and universities.

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Tea Party Jesus

Eric Sapp | Posted 03.19.2012

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How might the Sermon on the Mount have been different if Jesus was in the Tea Party? That is the question at the heart of a campaign launched yesterday.

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Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.05.2012

Ron Paul's progressive supporters might not grasp that Paul's libertarianism, while informing some of his seemingly progressive views on foreign policy and the like, carries with it a significant load of horrendous and unacceptable baggage.

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Republicans Try to Convert America Into Pottersville

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.25.2012

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Republicans are attempting to impose a selfish belief system on a selfless American people, people like the citizens of Bedford Falls who rush to the rescue of neighbors. It won't work, just like it didn't in It's a Wonderful Life.

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The Real Attack on the Spirit of Christmas Comes From the Right Wing

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.19.2012

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Every year about this time the gang at Fox News and others in the Right Wing blogosphere get on their high horse about the "liberal attack on Christmas" -- or President Obama's "attack on Christmas."

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The Destruction of Christianity and Christopher Hitchens

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.16.2012

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All the raging of today's atheist apologists combined are but a flea bite compared to the fatal blow that Christianity has been dealt by its own leadership in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Lululemon Athletica Combines Ayn Rand And Yoga

The New York Times | Posted 11.28.2011

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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...

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Fairness and the Occupy Movement Revisited

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Glass-Steagall Act, Crony Capitalism, Arthur Brooks, Ayn Rand, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

Across the ideological spectrum, we all agree on the need to end crony capitalism. But let us also work together not to cripple government but to make it work for all Americans.

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