Understanding the “Ayn Rand Phenomenon”

POST by Aaron Smith | View All Posts September 13, 2017

Although Ayn Rand is virtually unknown in France, the release of the French edition of Atlas Shrugged (La Grève) in paperback this March has sparked a burst of interest in Rand in the French media.

Foreign Policy

The Syrian Civil War: What to Do?

POST by The Editors | View All Posts May 09, 2017

What events led to the Syrian Civil War? Who are the good and bad guys? Should America intervene? And how should we judge President Trump’s response to Syria’s use of chemical weapons? Find out in this episode of The Yaron Brook Show.

Culture And Society

Ayn Rand on Love

POST by The Editors | View All Posts February 14, 2017

Today is Valentine’s Day, a holiday on which we celebrate romantic love. But, what exactly is romantic love? According to Ayn Rand, “Love is a response to values. . . . One falls in love with the embodiment of the values that formed a person’s character, which are reflected in his widest goals or smallest gestures, which create the style of his soul — the individual style of a unique, unrepeatable, irreplaceable consciousness.”