Ayn Rand's Stamp on American Culture
January/February 2006 -- Although Ayn Rand was born a century ago, and although she died a generation ago, her philosophy of Objectivism is
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January/February 2006 -- Although Ayn Rand was born a century ago, and although she died a generation ago, her philosophy of Objectivism is
Imagine a novel whose mysterious main character you do not meet until page 236. He is reviled by some for his greed and destructiveness.....
Automne 2006 -- Alors que je terminais la rédaction de ce numéro du magazine, j'ai reçu un courriel annonçant la publication du nouvel ouvrage de Ryan Sager, le
September 2007 -- The tradition of heroism runs as deep as any the West possesses. And that can be a problem for individualists—especially
Septembre 2007 -- La première chronique de Roger Donway sur "La généalogie de l'héroïsme" propose une définition de l'héroïsme comme étant "le choix d'une voie ou d'un moyen d'action".
Dans la nuit du 1er octobre 1993, Polly Klaas, 12 ans, jolie élève aux yeux rieurs et aux cheveux brûlés par le soleil, était...
Atlas Shrugged is an extended cry against the oppression of creators, most particularly businessmen: the Atlases who bear this world on thei
November 2007 -- Brink Lindsey, The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture. (New York: Collins, 2007)..
The title of Al Gore’s new book illustrates why he is the perfect spokesman for the smug, soi-disant “reality-based community.” By calling
Lorsque je grandissais dans la banlieue de Baltimore, peu de chansons m'ont marqué comme celle-ci. Je crois que j'avais neuf ou dix ans, et...
Postmodern scholars assert the following contradictory claims....
The fundamental nature of truth was explained by Aristotle in Book IV of his Metaphysics, decisively and unforgettably, in words that are at
CCHBBGLOGEFRFHHMRWNLATDTOCCPTSAOALTRP is an extended moan against individualism, technology, the “cult of efficiency,” the free market....
June 2007 -- When we measure the progress of a society by its growth in freedom, we measure it . . . by the greater power on the part of the
“Pretty soon [the young intellectual] will announce that it is time to reject the false choices of both left and right. We must all move
July/August 2007 -- In recent columns and articles, I have found it useful to differentiate between bourgeois individualism and Romantic
L'un des meilleurs chapitres du livre est "Sous le capitalisme, l'homme envie l'homme ; sous le socialisme, c'est l'inverse" - un titre qui rappelle les coups de gueule de l'auteur.
Avril 2007 -- Une guerre des valeurs morales se déroule sur un champ de bataille improbable : sur les plateaux de tournage de "24", la série télévisée de Fox .... qui a remporté un Emmy Award.
“Conservatism is too often a conservation of the wrong things,” said T.S. Eliot during a lecture in 1937, “liberalism a relaxation of
Décembre 2007 -- Note de la rédaction : le mois dernier, la première partie de l'article "L'industrie de l'excuse" expliquait comment, dans les années 1960 et 1970, la politique sociale de l'Union européenne avait été mise en place.