The new movie based on Ayn Rand’s famous paean to laissez-faire capitalism, Atlas Shrugged, is producing strong reactions from her acolytes and detractors alike. 1957: Russian-born American author and ...

The first of three movies to encompass Ayn Rand's massive work, "Atlas Shrugged," was released last month to mixed reviews, which is no surprise since those on the left can't enjoy it as long as ...

In Atlas Shrugged: Part I (three are planned), we were introduced to a near-future society in which the energy crisis has made railroads central to the economy again. This is convenient for a ...

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is ...

An industrious young woman neglects to charge for her housekeeping services and is rightly exploited for her naïveté. She dies without ever having sought her own happiness as the highest moral aim. I ...