BioShock was created by Ken Levine, one of gaming's most elusive figures. He has sometimes described himself as both an ...

The trope of the embattled auteur exerting their will is too tempting for filmmakers to ignore. By Walker Mimms Only if billionaire tech bros stay in their lanes. By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, ...

Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul did what many saw as inevitable: he quoted at length from Ayn Rand, specifically from Anthem, during an Energy and Natural Sources committee meeting to make a point about ...

The philosopher and novelist of supreme selfishness, the antagonist of altruism, the scourge of communist and collectivist ideology, the proponent of unfettered capitalism, the Russian Jew who ...

Did you know that Ayn Rand had a theory of art? No? Neither did I! But I discovered it recently, thanks to a tip from painter Abigail Markov. It's encapsulated in the hefty 539-page treatise What Art ...

Is liking Ayn Rand a personality defect? Before she was the godmother of American libertarianism, Rand was a writer known for insisting on the virtue and beauty of self-interest. To her admirers, her ...

The United States is mired right now not only in a political crisis — but in an existential crisis. The deep divide between left and right is accompanied by incessant attacks on foundational ...

Today marks the birthdate of Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, best known to the world as Ayn Rand. A tenacious champion of capitalism and limited government, Rand provokes strong reactions from her ...

Ayn Rand, born on this day in 1905, is one of the most American people to ever live, despite being Russian born. Rand not only wrote best-selling novels, but also developed an entire philosophical ...

The Ayn Rand Institute is a nonprofit think tank in Irvine, California, that promotes Objectivism, a philosophical system developed by author Ayn Rand. Its stated goal is to "spearhead a cultural ...