I am writing a book on ideology in modern politics and I want to include examples of ideologies that derives their values from an "is". Marxism has its historical materialism, classic conservatism ...

It’s hard to say what Ayn Rand would think about our current superhero boom. On the one hand, the late author, philosopher, and progenitor of the Objectivist movement was a high-minded sort who ...

Ayn Rand claimed that her philosophy was the One True Faith for anyone who does not subscribe to religious faith. She said that what she called “Objectivism” — the “virtue of selfishness” and a ...

More than four decades after her death, the author of the popular novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead is still one of the most divisive public intellectuals. On one hand, her position of ...

It’s hard to overstate the influence of this Russian-born novelist, philosopher and capitalist cheerleader. To be sure, Ayn Rand’s most famous acolyte was Alan Greenspan, and he basically led the ...

Romney running mate Paul Ryan’s position on controversial philosopher and author Ayn Rand has changed somewhat over the years, from when he supposedly made his interns read “Atlas Shrugged” to when ...