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

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'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

Click the image below to read the back cover of the latest Limbaugh Letter, from Rush Limbaugh. »More

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

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Hauptman's article "The 'Lost' Parts of Ayn Rand's Playboy Interview" makes for interesting reading, and includes some unpublished passages from the original interview.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

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh gave a lengthy monologue today titled "The Smallest Minority on Earth," in which he talked about the importance of individual rights. Along the way, he paid due homage to the ... »More

The allusions to Atlas Shrugged in the mainstream media are just getting better and better. From the new Bloomberg article "Obama Needs AIG’s Liddy, Not Other Way Around," by Caroline Baum: The hero of Ayn ... »More

Yaron Brook had an excellent article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal. It begins: Ayn Rand died more than a quarter of a century ago, yet her name appears regularly in discussions of our current economic ... »More

Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal, compares today's bailout orgy and economic stimulus plans to the "economic lunacy that Atlas Shrugged parodied in 1957." The current economic strategy is right out of ... »More