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Atlas has a director!

September 5, 2007 - Posted by Shawn Klein
Variety.com is reporting that Vadim Perelman will direct the movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The article also reports an early 2008 start of production. Perelman directed the 2003 film, "The House of Sand ... »More

Iraq Surge Update from Russ Corwin

August 9, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Atlasphere member and Army Captain Russ Corwin (directory profile here) has this to say, on the Bidinotto Blog, about the ongoing surge in Iraq: It makes me happy to hear that you're getting reports back home ... »More

Cool new technology from Microsoft

June 23, 2007 - Posted by Anja Hartleb-Parson
Experience some of Microsoft's newest technological developments in action: Microsoft Surface and Photosynth. At Popular Mechanics you can see how Surface allows you to move information from one object to another via 30-inch tabletop display ... »More

New ‘BioShock’ Video Game

June 7, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere member Noah Rusnock: I am not sure how much the Atlasphere community is involved with video games, but in the next few months a highly-anticipated, main stream video game with an Objectivist ... »More

Indian Ayn Rand Fan Minal Panchal among Virginia Tech Victims

April 18, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The article "World Reacts to Tech Shootings" in today's Guardian mentions briefly that one of the Virginia Tech victims was a fan of Ayn Rand's work: India - which lost a lecturer - added a second ... »More

In Case You Know Regina Milano...

February 7, 2007 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Regina, one of the world's truly beautiful souls, suffered a stroke recently. More information is available at ReginaMilano.com, including information about contributing to her trust fund, to help offset her exorbitant medical expenses. If you ... »More

The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman

January 29, 2007 - Posted by Shawn Klein
Worth Watching: Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman Monday, January 29, 2007; check local listings for broadcast time. "A documentary on the life and ideas of Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006), with comments from ... »More

Exxon Warming Up to Global Warming?

January 13, 2007 - Posted by Jeffrey Perren
MSNBC reports that Exxon-Mobil has "stopped funding groups skeptical of global warming claims." Whether because of Congressional pressure, or that from stockholders nervous about bad publicity, the change can be expected to harbinger bad news for ... »More

Founders College Launches Beta Web Site

August 7, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
We just received the following announcement: Greetings! There's been a lot of mystery surrounding the startup of Founders College -- the greatest revolution in higher education of our lifetime. You can be the first to get ... »More

Capitalism = Happiness?

July 30, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The situation may not be as simple as "Living Under Capitalism = Being Happier" but a new article in New Scientist called "Wealthy Nations Hold the Key to Happiness" suggests that such a conclusion is ... »More