In her preface to For the New Intellectual, Ayn Rand writes: "I am often asked whether I am primarily a novelist or a philosopher. The answer is: both." All novelists are philosophers to some degree; ...

Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, made news by declaring himself to be an unabashed admirer of quasi-philosopher Ayn Rand. Reportedly, Rand’s books are required reading for Ryan’s staff. I think ...

A Canadian institute devoted to spreading the word of the polarizing American author Ayn Rand has lost its charitable status after repeated non-compliance with tax law. The Ayn Rand Institute (Canada) ...

Ayn Rand, in the years of her prime, told Playboy her overarching philosophy was that “man exists for his own sake, that the pursuit of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose, that he must not ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brit Hume, FOX News: What is your view of Ayn Rand? Are you an Ayn Rand disciple? Rep. Paul Ryan: No. I really enjoyed her novels, Atlas Shrugged in particular. It triggered my interest in economics.

Another part of Christopher Beam's piece on libertarianism that caught my interest was this bit about Paul Ryan and his deep affinity for Ayn Rand: Representative Paul Ryan, also of Wisconsin, ...

The Orange County-based Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), founded in Los Angeles in 1985 to advance the writer’s philosophy of objectivism, recently announced that Jim Brown has taken over as the new chief ...

Source: By StefanoRR [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Royalty Free In my recent PBS NewsHour article, I discuss Ayn Rand's influence in industry and government. I wrote the article because I ...