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Ayn Rand
January 11, 2024
Kristen Martin
The Book of Ayn Trolls Us All
Lexi Freiman’s novel about a canceled writer skewers pieties left and right.
February 23, 2021
Sheon Han
Why Are Literature and Philosophy Such an Awkward Match?
A new anthology reveals the perils and rewards of philosophical fiction.
September 3, 2019
MagazineRichard Cooke
Right Brain
The conservative commentariat’s love affair with nootropics
August 14, 2019
Alexander Sammon
The Last of the Ayn Rand Acolytes
This year's Objectivist Conference revealed that her cult of hyper-capitalism has a major recruiting problem: All the young people want to be socialists!
January 27, 2016
Jacob Bacharach
Ayn Rand Made Me a Communist
How an adolescent love affair with "Atlas Shrugged" opened up the world of radical politics.
November 13, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Ayn Rand wrecked several generations of conservatives, and with this namesake cocktail, she can wreck you too.
June 24, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Altruism Shrugged
The unforgiving morality of Ayn Rand’s forgotten novel
June 5, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why Are Libertarians Mostly Dudes?
Rand Paul is polling terribly among women. His political philosophy might be to blame.
January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Porn Star Belle Knox Doesn't Know What Libertarianism Is. Neither Do Libertarians.
July 24, 2014
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand Just Got a Divorce
His antipoverty plan will force liberals to amend their criticism
April 29, 2014
Chloe Schama
'Atlas Shrugged' No Longer Ranks Among Americans' Top Ten Favorite Books
March 30, 2014
Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Frank Lloyd Wright Was a Genius at Building Houses, But His Ideas for Cities Were Terrible
December 17, 2013
Robert M. Solow
Alan Greenspan Is Still Trying to Justify His Bad Decisions
What the maestro doesn't understand
December 28, 2012
John B. Judis
Obama's Tax Hikes Won't Be Nearly Big Enough
August 24, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
His Grief, and Ours
August 16, 2012
Jonas Blank
I Was a Teenage Objectivist
August 14, 2012
Jennifer Burns
Ayn Rand's Long Journey to the Heart of American Politics
August 14, 2012
Simon van Zuylen-Wood
No Taxes, No Female Presidents, and No Physical Attraction: The Ten Strangest Things About Objectivism
August 12, 2012
Geoffrey Kabaservice
Paul Ryan’s V.P. Nomination Kills Off Moderate Republicanism For Good
August 11, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Why Ryan Makes Romney's Tax Problem Even Worse

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