TOS Weekly - Hollywood's Originality Problem

Hollywood needs to learn that wealth generation depends on creating something new and useful.

Thomas Walker-Werth

Feb 20, 2025

In today’s TOS Weekly:

The People Promoting Life, Reason, and Liberty—Even in a War Zone
Helen Keller’s Five Keys to Being Happy
Why Does Hollywood Have an Originality Problem?
Happy Birthday George Washington!
Steve Jobs’s Philosophy of Life

Enjoy!

Thomas Walker-Werth
Managing Editor

The People Promoting Life, Reason, and Liberty—Even in a War Zone

Thomas Walker-Werth

Feb 14

The People Promoting Life, Reason, and Liberty—Even in a War Zone

Ukraine is one of the front lines in the fight not only for freedom but for the human spirit. That spirit was embodied beautifully in Ayn Rand Center Ukraine’s Intellectual Bootcamp.

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Good Living

Helen Keller’s Five Keys to Being Happy

Craig Biddle

August 29, 2023

When Helen Keller was nineteen months old, an illness left her blind, deaf, and consequently dumb. Her future looked bleak. But she would go on to live a life of success and happiness. How did she do it?

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Arts & Culture

Why Does Hollywood Have an Originality Problem?

Angelica Walker-Werth

Jan 30

Why Does Hollywood Have an Originality Problem?

Hollywood executives could learn a great deal from successful businesspeople, who on some level understand that wealth generation depends on creating something new and useful—the opposite of being a slave to what’s worked in the past.

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Politics & Rights

Happy Birthday, George Washington!

February 22, 2018

February 22 marks the birthday of America's first president. Happy birthday, George Washington, and thank you for all you did to create America and establish political freedom as the moral ideal!

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Good Living