Far be it from us to introduce some reality into Rand's self-deluded musings, but... (hat tip Neil Parille)

Along with other fascinating comments, in this interview with Tom Snyder, Rand revises the age she discovered her philosophy of Objectivism ...

Former Objectivist Lee Stranahan  over at The Huffington Post skewers  Objectivism as not just "wrong or misguided" but "des...

Introducing Vilfredo Pareto. My examination of Rand’s politics will focus on just two aspects of Rand’s theory: (1) the quality (or lack th...

Dr Helen interviews three people who claim to be "going Galt." Apparently in reality this means anything from deliberately taking...

Starting Point. Fred Seddon, in his review of my book, Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature, chastised me for “not willing to consider ... normativ...

Stephen Colbert over at the comedy channel skewered Rand last week in a segment entitled "The Rand Illusion." As usual with Colber...

In comments , Michael Prescott discovers a new character in Galt's Gulch: Galt steered the sedan around a wide curve, through a sun-floo...

Conclusion. In The Virtue of Selfishness , Rand makes the following remark: [T]he Objectivist ethics is the moral base needed by that polit...

Seems like the whole "Going John Galt" meme currently going around the interwebs is not so new after all (we've already comme...

Earlier this week skeptic Michael Huemer debated Rand's ethics with the ARI's Onkar Ghate . Audio here . Give us your score for bot...

Ayn Rand's insistence on the separation of the economy and the state means that she opposes all regulations, even those that would preve...

Uncertainty. Central to the Objectivist philosophy is the notion that certainy is possible. Rand went so far as to suggest that the denial...

An oldie but a goodie from Byrne and Eno. Video by Bruce Conner.

Much is being made of the supposed "uncanny similarities" between "Atlas Shrugged" and the current financial crisis. Ye...

According to the ARI's press release: Sales of “Atlas Shrugged” Soar in the Face of Economic Crisis Washington, D.C., February 23, 2009-...

Privatization of Roads. Leonard Peikoff on his mid-90s radio show on KIEV in Los Angeles stated his belief that public roads should be priv...

”It may be necessary to temporarily nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring,” he said. “I understand...

Regular contributor Neil Parille reviews the Objectivist approach to intellectual history. Objectivists claim to “take ideas seriously.” A...

Rand is rarely subjected much in the way of vigorous literary criticism, as most of the criticism is quickly dismissive or shamelessly adula...