Ayn Rand & Objectivism

On the anniversary of William F. Buckley’s death, conservatives will spend the week pretending that he was a man of principle, civility, dignity. He was not.

Carl Barney discusses the ways in which Ayn Rand’s philosophy has enabled him to create “heaven on earth” in his life and to advance Rand’s ideas so that others can do so too.

Mr. Shapiro, these two things are true at once: Facts don’t care about your feelings—and rational people don’t engage in smears.

Many articles have been written about what’s wrong with Ayn Rand’s philosophy, but none of them presents her ideas accurately. Here’s one that does.

Ben Shapiro suggests that rational self-interest is just another name for hedonism. But that makes no sense. Shapiro should (and likely does) know better.

In a world filled with charged rhetoric where increasing volume tends to turn people off, Biondi calmly and coherently explains key principles of Rand’s philosophy and controversies surrounding it.

Including letters to Sinclair Lewis, Melville Cane, and Joseph McCarthy.

Many thanks to Matheus Pacini for translating the following TOS articles into Portuguese and republishing them at Objetivismo.com.br.

Richard M. Salsman reviews A Companion to Ayn Rand, concluding that, flaws aside, this book is a must-read.

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