In his column last week, Brian Underwood tried to move beyond the usual back-to-school platitudes for incoming freshman, and instead exhorted them to develop intellectually by reading Ayn Rand’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

I enjoy hearing the comments a bumper sticker on my truck engenders. It shows a picture of Atlas shrugging while holding an Obama logo in place of the world. The comments range from angry rants to ...

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 ...

October 12 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand's classic novel Atlas Shrugged, so in the coming days we can expect to see a flurry of articles about the novel — many of which will, ...

The packed audience for the San Francisco premiere of “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1” seemed thrilled with the film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s classic 1957 novel, despite the low-budget nature of the flick and ...

Twenty-nine years after her death, novelist Ayn Rand is coming to a theater near you. After many failed attempts, her 1957 novel “Atlas Shrugged” has been made into a film. In an age when overspending ...

The biggest under-appreciated political story of this year is the astonishing surge in the sales of Ayn Rand's epic 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged. In the past week, the ranking page which shows the top ...

With a strong hero and a plot rich in dramatic conflict, an ardent, ready-made fan base, a script based on a book still racking up huge sales some 54 years after it was published, John Aglialoro never ...