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Presidential Candidate Barr Speaks at The Atlas Society

June 30, 2008 - Posted by Shawn Klein
Libertarian presidential candidate and former Republican U.S. Representative, Bob Barr, spoke on Sunday at The Atlas Society's Summer Seminar 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian reported on Barr's talk: Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, ... »More

So both Penn AND Teller are Ayn Rand fans!

June 28, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
We've noted before that Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) is a fan of Ayn Rand's ideas. Now Ed Hudgins confirms that the same is true of Teller: [The Atlas Society] had a display ... »More

Jolie: Atlas Shrugged a “once-in-a-lifetime” film

June 21, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
In the wake of Vadim Perelman's departure from the Atlas Shrugged movie project, Angelina Jolie's enthusiasm for starring in the movie version of Ayn Rand's novel is still going strong. From an interview with MTV: Regarding the ... »More

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales profiled in The Economist

June 21, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales -- a long-time admirer of Ayn Rand's writings -- was profiled in this month's issue of The Economist. Here's a choice quote from mid-way through the introduction: The philosophy that appealed ... »More

Sometimes it’s the Howard Roark problem

March 28, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
New York Times writer Rachel Donadio explores the "It's not you, it's your books" problem in romantic love -- a problem very familiar to many admirers of Ayn Rand's novels. From her perspective, though, it's the ... »More

We The Living band on PerezHilton.com

March 25, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Regular readers of the Ayn Rand Meta-Blog may remember a singer named John Paul Roney, about whom I've blogged before. Roney and his sister, Sarah Saturday, are huge fans of Atlas Shrugged. (In fact, we ... »More

Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller): “I think I believe in Objectivism”

March 10, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere member Stuart Hayashi: Lately the famous humorous magician Penn Jillette, from "Penn & Teller," has been lauding Ayn Rand quite a bit. He positively alluded to Atlas Shrugged on his Showtime series Bullshit!, for ... »More

Atlas Shrugged Movie Update: Interview with Executive Producer John Aglialoro

February 25, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
For the latest scoop on the Atlas Shrugged movie, see Susan Paris's interview with Aglialoro in our new column "John Aglialoro on the Atlas Shrugged Movie." Tasty excerpt: SP: When will filming begin? Aglialoro: Fourth quarter of 2008 ... »More

Quotes from Clarence Thomas’s Biography

December 23, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere member Greg Feirman: I've been reading Clarence Thomas's autobiograpy and he seems to be a big Rand fan. I read Sowell's Atlasphere review of the book. But Thomas also explicitly references Rand in his book: ... »More

Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif) gives all his interns a copy of Atlas Shrugged

December 6, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Reason Magazine has an excellent new article about Rep. John Campbell, who -- as we noted when he replaced Rand fan Christopher Cox who was picked to head the SEC -- is himself an admirer ... »More