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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.
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
August 14, 2012
Simon van Zuylen-Wood
No Taxes, No Female Presidents, and No Physical Attraction: The Ten Strangest Things About Objectivism
August 11, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Why Ryan Makes Romney's Tax Problem Even Worse
June 7, 2011
Walter Shapiro
The Real McCoy
June 6, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Is Ayn Rand A Political Liability?
April 27, 2011
Jonathan Chait
"Atlas Shrugged" Director To Go Galt
April 12, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Did Ayn Rand's Novel Prove The Case Against Climate Policy?
December 30, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Why I Care About Ayn Rand
April 13, 2010
Jonathan Chait
And Speaking Of Ayn Rand
December 25, 2006
Jonathan Chait
Kiss Me, Cato
April 23, 1961
Joel Rosenbloom
The Ends and Means of Ayn Rand

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