Archive: Culture
Ayn Rand popular among high school students at the Long Island “Ethics Bowl”
February 17, 2011 - Posted by Joshua Zader
A new article "At Ethics Bowl, L.I. Teenagers Debate Slippery Issues" in the NY Times begins:
Ethics are a good thing, and almost everyone is said to have them. But by some accounts, they are like ... »More
Peter Thiel, Randian hero?
February 15, 2011 - Posted by Joshua Zader
For an interesting look at one of the pro-freedom entrepreneurial heroes of our time, read Forbes magazine's profile of Peter Thiel, a visionary behind both PayPal and Facebook.
Anybody know if he's a fan of Ayn ... »More
No “sanction of the victim” from Amazon.com
February 11, 2011 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Forced to choose between having a fulfillment center in Texas and enjoying its tax-free status as an internet retailer, Amazon choose to close its fulfillment center. This sounds like a win for Amazon customers, a ... »More
World premiere of Anthem on stage in Austin
January 21, 2011 - Posted by Joshua Zader
It sounds like Jeff Britting, whom many of you may recognize as the manager of the Ayn Rand Archives for the Ayn Rand Institute, has been up to interesting stuff lately.
From a new article at ... »More
AIG chief invokes Ayn Rand while defending his bailout
December 29, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
J.P. Freire makes some astute observations, over at the Washington Examiner blog. Worth a look, if only to see what AIG executive Robert Benmosche has been reading. And not fully understanding. »More
Great story: Jaroslav Romanchuk teaching free market principles to Burmese dissidents
December 23, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Kelley Currie at The Weekly Standard blog has this beautiful anecdote about our beloved Jaroslav:
I met Romanchuk about a decade ago in Thailand, of all places. He was sent to me by colleagues at the ... »More
Let a thousand Atlas Shrugged movies bloom?
December 12, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
If you're not already familiar with it, check out ARI's "Atlas Shrugged Video Contest." I think this kind of contest is brilliant, and I salute their innovative efforts here.
It also reminds me of a comment ... »More
Megan McArdle’s critique of WikiLeaks
December 11, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Since publishing our article yesterday in defense of WikiLeaks, I've been on the lookout for good articles presenting the case against WikiLeaks. Megan McArdle provides a pretty good one.
UPDATE - (Dec 12) For two more ... »More
“Night of January 16th” playing tonight at Odyssey theater in Los Angeles
November 14, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The Odyssey theater is performing Ayn Rand's play "The Night of January 16th" in Los Angeles. Tickets are still available for tonight's show, which looks like it may be the last performance in this run. »More
“Agora” movie now available on DVD
November 3, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The wonderful new Spanish movie Agora, recommended so highly in Don Hauptman's review for the Atlasphere earlier this year, is now available on DVD from Amazon.com.
The dialogue is in English, by the way -- so ... »More
