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The New Individualist Seeks Managing Editor

July 25, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Interested in full-time work as an editor? Talk to The New Individualist. Robert Bidinotto, Editor in Chief of The New Individualist, has announced an opening for a Managing Editor. Check it out if you might be ... »More

Objectivist “Founders College” Headed for Maine?

July 3, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
An update on the (Objectivist-backed) Founders College, from some apparently disappointed citizens of Oxford, North Carolina: Organizers of Founders College seem to increasingly have their sights set on a $26.4 million coastline retreat for sale in ... »More

Summer 2006 Issue of Objective Standard

June 23, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The Summer 2006 issue of The Objective Standard is out, and is now available on their web site. I've not read the issue, but the premise behind Dianne Durante's article on "Getting More Enjoyment from ... »More

Monika Kovacs Places 2nd in Canadian Provincials

June 23, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
I just received word that Atlasphere member Monika Kovacs (pictured below, at left) has won second place (in "medium class figure") at this year's Canadian Provincials female bodybuilding competition. Congratulations, Monika! And... WOW. :-) "What makes ... »More

“The Atlas Society” Becomes TOC’s Official Name

June 5, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Today The Objectivist Center announced that it will begin using "The Atlas Society" as its official name: As you know we've had an Atlas Society since 1999. That name and the special part of our website ... »More

Spring 2006 Journal of Ayn Rand Studies

May 26, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
The Spring 2006 issues of the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies has been published. From the announcement on Chris Sciabarra's site: It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the Spring 2006 issue ... »More

‘Keeper of the Flame’ Endorsed by Rush Limbaugh

May 6, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Leading talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh recently endorsed, on the air, Henry Mark Holzer's new book, The Keeper of the Flame: The Supreme Court Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas. Holzer was Ayn Rand's lawyer in the 1960s, and ... »More

Firefly Season 2 Project

April 25, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
More than a few fans of Ayn Rand's novels are also fans of Joss Whedon's ill-fated Firefly television series. For background, see Monica White's review of Firefly and Jeff Perren's review of Serenity, and our ... »More

Alida Valli, Star of Ayn Rand’s ‘We the Living’ Movie, Dies at 84

April 24, 2006 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Alida Valli, the exquisitesly beautiful actress who played Kira in the Italian screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's We The Living, died Saturday in Rome. You can learn more about this movie version of Rand's novel in ... »More

Muslims Call for a Ban of Voltaire Play

March 30, 2006 - Posted by Michelle Fram Cohen
While the world's attention is focused on the Danish Cartoons, Muslims in France have been calling for a ban of a play by Voltaire that satirizes the Prophet Muhammad. The play, "Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet," ... »More