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; ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/jaynrandstud.19.1.0047 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jaynrandstud.19.1.0047 Copy URL ABSTRACT The author explains how Rand was ...

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 ...

US president Donald Trump loves Ayn Rand; her 1943 novel The Fountainhead is one of only three novels he’s ever mentioned liking. Rand is also credited for inspiring many other Republicans’ political ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 25, 2011—It appears that Atlas Shrugged: Part One, released on April 15, 2011, is quickly losing the Darwinian struggle to survive at the box office. Rather ironic, ...

Kudos to Clarence Page on his May 23 Tribune editorial, “Rand Paul: Radical Ayn Rand Rookie.” He efficiently debunked the ludicrous Ayn Rand philosophy, and in so doing brought into question Mr.

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 ...