A Short Tribute to Ayn Rand
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Michael Berliner has a nice, short piece about Ayn Rand on capmag.com: Ayn Rand: A Legacy of Reason and Freedom. He summarizes her quite nicely here: A sui generis philosopher, who looked at the world anew, Ayn Rand has long puzzled the intellectual establishment. Academia has usually met her views with antagonism or avoidance, unable [...]
On the Libertarian Party, Ayn Rand, and Objectivism
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008This post about Objectivism and Libertarians is surprisingly good, right up to the part where Ron Paul is endorsed due to his reading of and references to Ayn Rand. The blogger makes the point that it’s a lack of adherence to fundamental principle that’s at the heart of the Libertarian problem. However, from everything I’ve [...]
A Good Place to Start: Government Can’t “Fix” the Economy
Friday, November 7th, 2008Post-election task #1: educate the American people on the proper role of the President in “fixing the economy.” As this story suggests, many Americans just don’t get it: When it comes to priorities, many polls suggest Americans want President-elect Barack Obama to fix the economy first when he enters the Oval Office in a little [...]
More on the Popularity of Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Just some additional tidbits, care of The Objective Standard: Sales of Atlas Shrugged since its publication have reached a total of 6,500,000, with a record annual sale of 180,000 copies in 2007—the 50th anniversary year of the novel. The numbers indicated in the Zogby surveys [where 8.1% of respondents said they read Atlas Shrugged] implies three or more readers [...]
Ayn Rand: The Antidote to Collectivism, Altruism, and Irrationalism
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008So, Obama’s been elected, as expected, and the country has precisely the altruist/collectivist it wanted. The next four years, at least, will be difficult for those who believe in individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism. But, perhaps most important: the battle lines have been drawn, and it’s obvious what needs fighting for. As Walter Williams put [...]
The Silver Lining (continued): Obama Shrugged
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I simply love the Ayn Rand/Atlas Shrugged references swirling around the Obama campaign finance fraud stories, such as at obamashrugged.com. Go there for the fraud info, and while you’re at it read Atlas Shrugged if you haven’t already. As always, looking for silver linings, and finding them.
From the Grave: Ayn Rand on the Financial Crisis
Friday, October 31st, 2008A reminder of Ayn Rand’s brilliance: One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. – The Ayn Rand Letter, Vol. III, No. 25, [...]
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