John Galt

John Galt Has Left the Building

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media


Juliette Powell

If your moral duty is to serve your neighbor and anyone else who is in need, then you don't have the moral right to pursue your own life and happiness.

Colbert Shrugged: Ayn Rand Institute Responds to 'Rand Illusion'

Juliette Powell | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media


Juliette Powell

Is Colbert, and the media in general, taking a cheap shot -- going for the easy laugh using Rand's philosophy of selfishness -- or are they using humor and irony to open a much needed public debate?

Stephen Colbert Loves Ayn Rand (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.12.2009 | Comedy


In last night's episode of "The Word" Stephen Colbert praised Ayn Rand for her novel "Atlas Shrugged," a favorite of conservative commentators that bl...

Going Galt

August J. Pollak | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


August J. Pollak

2009-03-10-pollak0309.jpgStupid people turn to the stupidest thing ever for the stupidest idea possible.

On Atlas Shrugged as a Guide to Our Times

Ellis Weiner | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


Ellis Weiner

She made it all up. The bad guys are straw men, serving a straw government, empowered by a straw civilization. The whole thing is a self-subverting and ultimately ludicrous grand opera of bad faith.