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Chai tea, anyone?
Reading “Atlas Shrugged” is a sophisticated thing to do … while sipping chai tea.
‘ … won’t be seeking state funding.’
Let’s just hope that the film comes out more like “Braveheart” and nothing like “Pearl Harbor.”
Doctors ‘Go Galt’ in government-run health care programs
Why we would want to dismantle the highest quality health care in the world for the sake of saying that we’re “working for the common good” is beyond me. It doesn’t matter if every one has coverage when the care is shoddy — that just means we’re all equally sick.
Tax day by the numbers
Number of words in ‘Atlas Shrugged:’ 645,000. Number of words in the tax code: 3,700,000.
‘Capitalism’s enduring crusader’
‘During the recession, Ayn Rand’s popularity is on the rise.’
‘Atlas’ and MMO gaming?
Objectivist ideas are inspiring even the MMO gaming world to create new, innovative platforms.
What next?
What do we we need to do in order to get them to listen? The answers is right there in ‘Atlas Shrugged.’
Business sense and ‘Going Galt’
The message is that Rand painted a picture of where the world is heading — and we want to stop the engine that would take us there.
Books that changed your lives
Eighteen years later, “Atlas Shrugged” still holds up as second-most influential book in people’s lives.
‘How could Rand have had SO many apparently prescient ideas?’
Francisco D’Anconia would love it. COPPER is perhaps becoming the replacement for the gold standard, at least for the Chinese, who are suddenly hoarding it, seeing its rarity and seeing that it will be necessary for all hybrid cars.
Because all of our leaders should be able to answer the question: Who is John Galt?
Random lawmaker
Sec. Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
From the blog
Writing it off …
Some (dare I say many) still care very much for ecstasy nowadays.
Is John Galt at your Tea Party?
Signs bearing the phrase “Who is John Galt” and “Atlas Shrugs” popped up at the first round of Tea Parties earlier this year, and surely more references to “Atlas Shrugged” will be on display at the massive Tea Parties today.
Atlas for Congress soft launch
Atlasforcongress.com is here! The goal: Get a copy of “Atlas Shrugged” to every member of Congress, each state governor and cabinet members of the Obama administration.
Atlas in the news
Finally! … just hope it’s good
Production starts on “Atlas Shrugged” movie trilogy. Let’s pray Hollywood doesn’t ruin it.
Judging a book by its cover
Reviewer asks: ‘Will I open this book and never come out?’
‘The best defense of capitalism ever written’
A North Carolina bank avoids the subprime mortgage mess by following Ayn Rand’s code of ethics.