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Private Proprietary Cities Gathering Momentum

May 8, 2008 - Posted by Johann Gevers
A brand-new experimental "City of the Future" is being built from the ground up in Abu Dhabi, financed primarily—over 80%—by private investors: "We want it to be profitable, not a sunk cost," says Khaled Awad, who ... »More

Campus socialists: Afraid of a little competition?

April 16, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
New Individualist editor Robert Bidinotto has one of the best responses I've seen to the brouhaha about BB&T's donations to college campuses. He wrote to The New York Times: I have never heard any howling ... »More

Do You Really Deserve Your Paycheck?

March 17, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Chris Colin has published a column at the San Francisco Chronicle called "No Offense, but You Don't Deserve Your Salary." Kudos to him for interviewing Yaron Brook on the subject -- making his article ... »More

Bloomberg News: “John Galt Plan Might Save U.S. Financial System”

March 11, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Thanks to Johann Gevers for forwarding this fantastic citing of Ayn Rand in the media: John Galt Plan Might Save U.S. Financial System Commentary by Caroline Baum March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Let's face it: The Federal Reserve must ... »More

Ed Cline: Remember William F. Buckley as He Was

March 5, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Erika Holzer points us to a very insightful article by Ed Cline, titled "The Philosophic Postmortem of William F. Buckley, Jr.": William F. Buckley, Jr. died in Connecticut on February 27. Most Western newspapers and news ... »More

TIA Editor Robert Tracinski Endorses Rudy Giuliani

January 4, 2008 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The 2008 elections are coming into full swing, and prominent Objectivists are beginning to weigh in with their perspectives. The Intellectual Activist Editor Robert Tracinski has formally endorsed Rudy Giuliani. I could not ... »More

Bush Signs Automobile Fatality Act

December 22, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Ayn Rand Institute Press Release Bush Signs Automobile Fatality Act December 21, 2007 Irvine, CA--The energy bill that President Bush just signed into law is a significant victory for environmentalists, who have long pushed for such ... »More

Bidinotto: Ron Paul’s “Noninterventionism” Fraud

November 27, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
New Individualist editor Robert Bidinotto has written a lengthy and trenchant critique of Ron Paul's candidacy for President. »More

Nigeria through the Lens of Atlas Shrugged?

October 26, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
AllAfrica.com has a new article in which a Nigerian native sizes up his country, and its politicians, somewhat through the lens of Atlas Shrugged. When I read the article at lunchtime, I stumbled over the phrase ... »More

WSJ: Rand and the Right

October 13, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Brian Doherty has published what looks like it might be an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, titled "Rand and the Right." It begins: Because of her opposition to New Deal government controls, novelist and ... »More