It's the Howard Roarks who create new jobs, but it's the Peter Keatings who are thriving in the current economic climate, with its public-private "partnerships" and lack of available credit. »More

I just received the following announcement via Stuart Hayashi: On Thursday, January 7, 2010, the Fox Business Network will air the episode of "Stossel" that will be about Atlas Shrugged happening in real life and happening ... »More

A new article by Nick Rizzuto at TownHall.com begins: For 52 years now, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged has stood alone as the shining example of political allegory. Rand's novel has long been considered to be essential ... »More

Celebrity Ayn Rand fan and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has a great article in today's Wall Street Journal with his recommendations for free market based health care reform (though I take exception to his ... »More

From Atlasphere member Gregory Garamoni: Doctors Support Proposed Florida Amendment to Protect Rights of Doctors and Patients Doctors on Strike for Freedom in Medicine today applauded the Florida State legislators who proposed an amendment to the State ... »More

We've noted before that British politician Daniel Hannan is not only an articulate defender of freedom, but also an Ayn Rand fan. Recently the Independence Institute brought him to the U.S., where he gave the ... »More

From Atlasphere founding editor Andrew Schwartz: Peter Schiff, an economist known for predicting the current financial crisis, and a liberty-minded individual who lists Ayn Rand's Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal on his recommended reading page, has announced ... »More

Don't miss "Ayn Rand: Godless Prophet of the Capitalist Revolution" by Simon Heffer, in Standpoint Magazine. It begins: One of the latest hits on YouTube is a nine-minute compilation of clips from King Vidor's 1949 film ... »More

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

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