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New documentary about the rock band Rush comes to theaters June 10, 2010

May 15, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
A new documentary movie about the rock band Rush -- whose 1976 concept album 2112 featured a title track based loosely on Ayn Rand's novelette "Anthem" -- will be coming to theaters on June 10, ... »More

Celebrity Ayn Rand fan Ed Snyder to start new “RightNetwork” cable network

April 20, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Ed Snider, perhaps best known as owner of the Philadelphia Flyers, is starting a new cable network called RightNetwork, which will compete with Fox News while focusing on entertainment rather than news. Snider has long been ... »More

John Stossel may kick off his new Fox News show with Atlas Shrugged

December 7, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From an interesting new interview with John Stossel about his new show on Fox News: Stossel. How did you come up with that name? They just sprung it on me. Tell me a little bit about what the ... »More

The Whole Foods alternative to ObamaCare

August 12, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Celebrity Ayn Rand fan and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has a great article in today's Wall Street Journal with his recommendations for free market based health care reform (though I take exception to his ... »More

The New York Times Profiles Objectivist CEO John Allison

August 4, 2009 - Posted by Greg Feirman
A mostly favorable and long (6 pages) profile of Objectivist and former BB&T CEO (current Chairman) John Allison from Sunday's New York Times:  Over much of the last four decades, John A. Allison IV built BB&T from a local bank ... »More

Good new speech by Daniel Hannan in Colorado

July 18, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
We've noted before that British politician Daniel Hannan is not only an articulate defender of freedom, but also an Ayn Rand fan. Recently the Independence Institute brought him to the U.S., where he gave the ... »More

Free market economist Peter Schiff may run for U.S. Senate

July 15, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere founding editor Andrew Schwartz: Peter Schiff, an economist known for predicting the current financial crisis, and a liberty-minded individual who lists Ayn Rand's Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal on his recommended reading page, has announced ... »More

Ayn Rand and Farrah Fawcett

June 26, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From The Daily Beast: "A recent email exchange with the late Farrah Fawcett reveals the unlikely friendship between the Charlie's Angels star and the novelist Ayn Rand, who helped the actress understand her place in ... »More

Celebrity Ayn Rand Fan: Marketer Ted Nicholas

May 3, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Ted Nicholas is perhaps the most famous direct mail and direct sales marketer in the world. During his career, working in 47 different industries, he has sold over 7 billion dollars worth of products and ... »More

Daniel Hannan: “As an Ayn Rand fan...”

April 4, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Daniel Hannan, famous for taking Gordon Brown out to the woodshed in front of the EU Parliament while defending free market principles, confirmed today what many of us might have suspected: He's a fellow fan ... »More
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