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Atlas Shrugged on floor displays at largest bookstores

June 30, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Great news: Washington, D.C., June 29, 2009-- Shortly after Independence Day, new free-standing floor displays of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, first published 52 years ago, will be placed in more than 850 bookstores across the ... »More

Amity Shlaes: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Is Shrugging with a Growing Load

June 2, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Writing for Bloomberg, Amity Shlaes has an interesting article about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. It begins: Imagine a novel of more than a thousand pages, published half a century ago. The author doesn’t have a ... »More

Glenn Beck ups the ante on ‘Going Galt’: What if a million people stopped paying their taxes in protest?

May 30, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Beck doesn't (that I recall) explicitly mention "Going Galt" in this clip, but it certainly seems like an apt metaphor for what he's advocating not advocating. »More

Simpsons parody of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead

May 10, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Thanks to Don Hauptman for the heads-up. Summary for the episode: THE SIMPSONS "4 Great Women & A Manicure" - 8 \ 7c -- "THE SIMPSONS" -- (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) MARGE AND LISA TELL TALES ABOUT FAMOUS WOMEN IN ... »More

BusinessWeek: The Economy Needs Ayn Rand

May 7, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
BusinessWeek's "Debate Room" published a for-and-against piece on the topic: "Author Ayn Rand’s philosophy of rational self-interest is more relevant today—amid the flurry of government bailouts—than ever. Pro or con?" Onkar Ghate takes the affirmative position, ... »More

Limbaugh Letter: Atlas Is Shrugging

April 22, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Click the image below to read the back cover of the latest Limbaugh Letter, from Rush Limbaugh. »More

‘Most E-mailed’ at The Week: Ayn Rand

April 20, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
New at The Week: Ayn Rand: Capitalism’s enduring crusader. This article is also at the top of the site's "most e-mailed" list. Thanks to Don Hauptman for the tip. »More

“Go Galt” with the Fenwicks

April 16, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere member Steven Schub, lead singer of the world's only Objectivist Ska band, the Fenwicks: Music for your "Tax Day Tea Party": Our (musical) open love letter to John Galt, and a song which may ... »More

What is “Going Galt”?

April 13, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From The Atlas Society: "Tea parties." "Going Galt." You've probably seen a growing number of references to these in the media, online, and on signs at rallies reacting to new government spending and controls. The Boston Tea ... »More

Unpublished passages from Ayn Rand’s Playboy interview

April 6, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Don Hauptman's article "The 'Lost' Parts of Ayn Rand's Playboy Interview" makes for interesting reading, and includes some unpublished passages from the original interview. »More
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