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Bob Barr calls ‘Atlas’ readers to action

By Tom Chambers • 9:22 p.m. April 27, 2009 • 0 Comments 0 Trackbacks

Former Republican congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr writes in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that it’s not enough to just read (or reread) “Atlas Shrugged.”

Relevance: Progressives will hate it; Libertarians will love it

By Tom Chambers • 11:52 a.m. April 24, 2009 • 0 Comments 0 Trackbacks

Bruce Webster at the New Ledger has a lengthy post explaining how “Atlas Shrugged” relates to the current economic situation. Admittedly, as I reread the novel, there are constant situations in Ayn Rand’s work that seem as if they could be playing out today. From Webster: For a work written half a century ago, Atlas [...]

‘She was smart that way’

By Tom Chambers • 11:15 a.m. April 21, 2009 • 0 Comments 0 Trackbacks

And what would Rand think about all this renewed attention? I think she would just shrug and say ‘I knew it would happen.’

Writing it off …

By Tom Chambers • 11:17 p.m. April 16, 2009 • 0 Comments 0 Trackbacks

Some (dare I say many) still care very much for ecstasy nowadays.