July/August 2007 -- Okay, I know, that’s a cheap pun. But this July–August 2007 issue marks the start of my third year at the helm of The
October 2004 -- On Oct. 4, 2004, the 47th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, humanity again made spaceflight history. SpaceShipOne, desig
As the congress debates a new security bill and America faces a terrible and insidious threat, there is no more critical time to recall the
June 2006 -- Starbucks, of all enterprises, is the latest victim of food fascists. It is ironic that the Center for Science in the Public
When Ayn Rand created a heroic American dynasty for her novel Atlas Shrugged, she based the family's fortune not on oil, or autos, or
October 2009 -- Is there an adult in the house? Are we all operating with one collective mind, or are there still those who possess reasonin
In Homer’s Iliad Trojan prince Hector is slain in combat by the Greek champion Achilles. But blinded by anger, Achilles desecrates Hector’s
On May 11, after the trial of Galleon hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (pictured below) had ended in a conviction on all counts, the U.S. A
March 2002 -- Miss Cleo is in big trouble. In her TV commercials, in her Caribbean accent, she offers to tell her callers’ fortunes, to
Ayn Rand supported a laissez-faire capitalist economic system and defended the morality of making a profit through private business.
As Atlas Shrugged Part 1 came to theaters on April 15, many wondered: will the movie be true to Ayn Rand’s ideas? Theater-goers were relieve
Ayn Rand has been a major inspiration for the Tea Party movement, which has swept a new generation of Republicans and self-described....
On August 2nd, 2009, The New York Times profiled BB&T’s John Allison , who put Ayn Rand’s principles to work at that bank when he was CEO...
Many people still think Ayn Rand advocated a take-what-you-want-and-damn-everyone-else kind of selfishness.
August 14, 2009 -- I am told that today's system of medical care in the United States lets too many people "fall through the cracks.".....
March 31, 2003 -- Among the perennial themes in American political life, one of the most crucial is the contest between individualism and
After thousands of years of formal philosophizing and probably a hundred thousand of contemplation around prehistoric camp fires, is there..
I changed careers and philosophies after reading Atlas Shrugged. I read it when I was 28 years old. At that time I was asking questions such
Spring 2011 -- Steve Walton may well owe his big break to a Saudi prince. In 1996, Walton, a former naval officer, took a position on the
Spring 2011 -- In The Logical Leap, David Harriman draws a fundamental contrast between two historically crucial scientific theories: Newton
