Nearly thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand’s novels continue to be wildly popular—"Atlas Shrugged" alone is selling more today than it did when it was first published in 1957 -- more than one ...

"I grew up reading Ayn Rand, and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are and what my beliefs are," said Ryan in a 2005 speech before the Atlas Society, a group of Rand ...

There are roughly 392,498 hardcore Ayn Rand fans in the U.S., judging by the box office sales for the new movie version of Atlas Shrugged. The film -- Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, to give it its full title ...

When I was attending St. Augustine High School in the 1960s in Laredo a classmate made me aware of a novel by Ayn Rand — “Atlas Shrugged.” I went to the Laredo Public Library and checked out the book, ...

Say that the longest philosophical speeches were removed from Atlas Shrugged. Francisco D'Anconia would muse on money in a brief, plausibly conversational way. Hank Rearden would explain himself ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Ayn Rand once said, "Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution. ... The ...

Friday, Atlas Shrugged Part II hits theaters. Based on Ayn Rand's influential magnum opus, the second part of the book further develops what the decline of an irrational society looks like. Given the ...

ReasonTV visited the set of Atlas Shrugged Part II, the second installment in the new film adaptation of Ayn Rand's epic 1957 novel. The movie is set to hit theaters on October 11, 2012. About 1.30 ...

But perhaps the oddest thing about Atlas, the movie and the book, is the business Dagny and Hank are in: Railroads and bridges -- the provision of public transport and public infrastructure. If only ...

The strangest detail in Rep. Paul Ryan's biography is a 2005 speech he gave at The Atlas Society, where he extolled author and philosopher Ayn Rand, particularly her magnum opus Atlas Shrugged. What ...

Like a lot of white males, I read Ayn Rand's bestselling novel "Atlas Shrugged" when I was 18. And like a lot of white males, "Atlas Shrugged" turned me into a huge jerk for a couple of months. "Atlas ...

“Atlas Shrugged: Part 1” arrives in theaters on April 15, directed by Paul Johansson. Here’s what you might deduce about Ayn Rand’s objectivist epic, based exclusively on its trailer (below): “Atlas ...