Ayn Rand

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Three Things About Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP Pick

Ethan Gach August 14, 2012

I loathe Ryan, not least of all because I can now no longer sit in front of...

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Ayn Rand, welfare queen

Erik Kain January 28, 2011

I have to confess: I’ve never read Ayn Rand. Not once. But I still think this is pretty...

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Caricatures of libertarianism

Erik Kain August 25, 2010

I’m not a libertarian but I do share many beliefs in common with libertarians. That’s one reason...

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“The Great Ghastly Rand”

Will August 23, 2010

NR’s latest on Ayn Rand is quite good. As a side note, I’m glad to know I’m...

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Matt Bai’s strange populism

Lisa Kramer June 21, 2010

Couple of pieces caught my attention this week, the first on a “new American populism” by Matt...

I never get tired of these.

I never get tired of these.

William Brafford March 8, 2010

The conservative-attack-on-Ayn-Rand essay isn’t anything new, and I don’t know if anyone will ever top Whittaker Chambers’s...

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Bad Matt Taibbi impersonators make for bad book reviews

Will October 29, 2009

I’m not a huge Ayn Rand fan, but GQ really should hire someone a bit more coherent...

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A Conservative Cult?

Mark of New Jersey October 2, 2009

Joe Carter responds to my post on Hayek and Health Care and owns it like Johnny Cash...

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Hayek on Health Insurance

Mark of New Jersey October 1, 2009

I don’t know how, during the long months of this health insurance debate, this quote from Road...

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It usually begins with Ayn Rand

Will September 14, 2009

Jonathan Chait’s essay on Ayn Rand is worth a read. Given the rise of the tea party...

Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Tel Aviv is burning thanks to Bibi’s desire to stay out of jail for corruption. This is like saying…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Remember the dynamic that existed between the "you should be able to make fun of Islam" people and t…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25I do remember that.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Islam is given a massive exception to the requirements of liberalism that other religions are not. Y…
InMD in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Oh I agree 100%, and Ukraine was actually what I was thinking of when I wrote the comment. But I als…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Vigilantism is going to end up going to very, very bad places.
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25We aren't doing this, Israel is at the moment. I am rather pissed at the big exception to the rule a…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Two Democratic state law makers and their spouses assassinated in their homes in Minnesota: https://…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25Sign ideas for today's No Kings rallies: "Legalize Pot Federally" "End Daylight Saving Time"
North in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 6/9/25You can object to their feeling as much as you want- it's still how they obviously feel; not that I…