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Lee on Literature: Atlas Shruggednew

Ayn Rand's 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, articulates an essential, underlying divergence in philosophy between Democrats and Republicans and helps explain the current, bitter political disharmony.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Lee Miller  |  08-30-2012  |  Fiction

Four Brilliant Authors and Why They're Douchebagsnew

There are some truly brilliant authors who have such deep moral lapses that if we'd known about them before we probably never would've read any of their works no matter how brilliant. That was the key to putting together this list.
Houston Press  |  Jef With One F  |  09-19-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

At RedState Gathering, Leaders Praise Tea Party's 'Beautiful Uprising'new

What do hobbits, John the Baptist, and the Texas Revolution have in common? All of them were used to make rhetorical points at a right-wing conference this past weekend.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  08-16-2011  |  Elections

A Biography of Ayn Rand Examines Her Intellectual Legacynew

Jennifer Burns had access to Rand’s journals, letters and private papers. She’s put that access to good use in Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, a vivid, intellectual portrait of the woman born as Alisa Rosenbaum in 1905.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Wyatt Williams  |  01-12-2010  |  Nonfiction

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