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U.S. Economic Freedom: Retreat Becomes Rout

Measurement often is the crucial step in understanding—and gaining control—of a complex phenomenon....

Sep 21, 2012
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Walter Donway
6 Mins
Deep Savages

March 18, 2005 -- Last week Mukhtar Mai , a Pakistani woman, expressed concern that the four men who gang raped her nearly three years ago

Sep 12, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Getting Ayn Rand Right

"Ayn Rand defended individual freedom" is the newest in exasperated articles calling out mainstream journalists for their...

Aug 28, 2012
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3 Mins
Neil Armstrong: American Hero

As the Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle” approached the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, the millions of people following the mission on

Aug 27, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Atlas Society in the news | Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand

On April 30, The Atlas Society published audio of Rep. Paul Ryan speaking at a TAS event in 2005. In the audio he indicates tha

Aug 13, 2012
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5 Mins
Curiosity on Mars!

Today NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars. Its advanced instruments should bring humanity closer to knowing whether life exists on the Re

Aug 6, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
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Smokin' Soul: The Story of Daptone Records

Forget the gleaming stainless steel skyscrapers. Forget the latest recording equipment, overpaid executives, and auto-tuning. ..

Mar 7, 2012
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Sarah Perry
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Benjamin Franklin's 10 Basic Hypotheses

Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..

Feb 22, 2012
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3 Mins
Benjamin Franklin Explains the Leyden Jar

The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...

Feb 22, 2012
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Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Benjamin Franklin: Enlightenment Archetype

January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Mins
Review: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

In 1940, The Saturday Evening Post carried a short story by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), who had begun his career as a sports reporter but who

Feb 21, 2012
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Arnold Baise
Opportunity Lost?

Fall 2009 issue -- I am an advocate of Objectivism, but I never met Ayn Rand. I regret that, as by all accounts she was fascinating and.....

Feb 6, 2012
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The Alan Greenspan Confession

Under pointed questioning by Henry Waxman, the committee chairman, Greenspan issued a mea-culpa that resounded around the world.

Feb 6, 2012
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2 Mins
The Radical But Conservative Declaration of Independence

Winter 2011 issue -- The suggestion that a movement can be both radical and conservative may sound contradictory. To be radical is to...

Feb 6, 2012
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6 Mins
Canada's Stephen Harper: Radical?

In January, 1962, in the very first issue of The Objectivist Newsletter, Ayn Rand wrote, “Objectivists are...

Feb 6, 2012
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Bradley Doucet
7 Mins
The Productive Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach

What marks a genius? If it is misanthropy, then Johann Sebastian Bach (born March 21, 1685) was not a genius. He did his greatest work in

Jan 30, 2012
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Review: The Beacon at Alexandria

December 1997 -- The Beacon at Alexandria tells the story of Charis of Ephesus, a young woman living in the late Roman Empire who determine

Jan 26, 2012
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Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money

December 2000 -- Let me be clear from the first: Justin Martin’s biography of Alan Greenspan is a fun read. Written in a vigorous, journalis

Jan 26, 2012
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