Archive: Commentaries

Glenn Reynolds has published a terrific article in TCS Daily about what conventional newspapers can do about their shriveling influence. It starts with the bad news for papers: Moody's is looking at downgrading the New York Times' ... »More

ARI's David Holcberg has published a spot-on letter to the editor for use in newspapers around the country: Indecency Fines Against CBS Are an Ominous Attack on Free Speech Friday, March 17, 2006 By: David Holcberg Dear Editor: The $3.6 ... »More

Columbia University sophomore Chris Kulawik has a column in the Columbia Spectator called "Chris Shrugged," which runs every other Wednesday. In this week's column, he takes up the familiar (to anyone on a college ... »More

BB&T Stands Up For Rights by David Kelley, Founder and Senior Fellow The Objectivist Center & Atlas Society BB&T, a major bank with branches through the Southeast, has taken a stand for private property and ... »More

Over at FreeMarketNews.com, Tibor Machan has published an interesting article titled "Cooper on Rand & Aristotle" with reflections on Princeton scholar John M Cooper's talk at the December 2005 meeting of the Ayn Rand Society. ... »More

Why We Give Gifts by Edward Hudgins One year I gave my then-young nephew who was in the first years of elementary school a rock for Christmas. Not just any old rock but a piece ... »More

New from the Ayn Rand Institute: Four years ago this month, Enron Corporation -- number 7 on the Fortune 500 -- filed for bankruptcy, culminating a collapse that shocked America. It is commonly believed that Enron fell ... »More

A new documentary from co-directors Robert and Ron Galloway examines Wal-Mart's business practices. They assert the attacks on Wal-Mart parallel those against the producers in Ayn Rand's magnum opus. It is straight out of (Ayn Rand's ... »More

This op-ed will appear on Thanksgiving Day in the Washington Times. The Productive Meaning of Thanksgiving by Edward Hudgins American homes on the fourth Thursday in November will waft with more than the aroma of turkey and ... »More

Sometimes, unfortunately, life imitates art. Caroline Baum, in a brilliant column at Bloomberg.com, demonstrates some regrettable parallels between Atlas Shrugged and the recent hearings on oil company profits. In the wake of record earnings Senators Frist, Domenici, ... »More