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"Atlas" Movie One Step Closer! The Inside Scoop Variety magazine reports a leaked story that Lionsgate, the independent studio whose movie "Crash" recently won the Oscar for best picture, will be producing a film version of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. We've confirmed that a deal is going forward under which Lionsgate will take an option to finance and distribute the film.
Full Context Celebrates a Double Anniversary The newsletter Full Context is celebrating both its ten-year and its hundred-issue anniversaries. Under the circumstances, Navigator is pleased to present Karen Minto's account of its history
The New Individualist Selected as Finalist for Folio Award Magazine nominated for "Best Article" in non-profit/association category.
10!--1999 Summer Seminar Announcment The announcement for the 10th annual Summer Seminar, held in Burlington, Vermont, July 3- July 10, 1999.
2005 Summer Seminar TOC's 2005 Summer Seminar was held July 9-16 on the campus of Union College, in Schenectady, NY.
2007 Summer Seminar Dates and Site! Towson University, near Baltimore, Maryland, July 8 to July 15. www.AtlasEvents.org.
A ''Beta'' Version of Logical Structure Is Printed Beta version of Logical Structure of Objectivism is printed in a limited run for summer seminar class.
A Busy Time for The Objectivist Center This spring, staff members from The Objectivist Center will be traveling around the country -- attending conventions, sponsoring conferences, and even opening a branch office.
A Great Week in Vancouver The Objectivist Center held its Fifteenth Annual Summer Seminar in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 3rd -10th. The event featured a stellar program, the yearly gathering of Objectivists, and an abundance of events. Throughout the week, participants enjoyed the beauty of the area, intellectual stimulation, and the company of like-minded individualists.
A Life of One's Own Is Published ''Officially'' The Cato Institute published David Kelley's ''A Life of One's Own'' which concludes that the concept of welfare rights is invalid.
A New Objectivism Course Goes on Sale The Objectivism Store releases The Essence of Objectivism, a new introductory course on objectivism on Ayn Rand.
A New Unrugged Individualism Announcing the publication of a revised edition of David Kelley's seminal tract Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence.
A Slogan Is Born! Michael Milken was a greater benefactor to mankind than Mother Teresa.
A Star-Studded Conference Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars The Culture of the Enlightenment and its Enemies
A 'Student Initiative' for 2004 2004 is "the year of the student initiative." New student programs: Graduate Scholarships; Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method, and Distance-Learning Seminar in Objectivism. Also, the Summer Internship returns.
About Fundraising Letters Why do you get letters from TOC asking for money?
Activism at the D.C. Office Ed Hudgins activities at the D.C. Office
Advanced Seminar Brings Together Objectivist Scholars The Advanced Seminar is TOC's incubator for encouraging new scholarly work that examines and extends the Objectivist system of ideas.
Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
Advanced Seminar Presentations Are Published Journal of Ayn Rand Studies publishes Advanced Seminar Presentations
Advanced Seminar Program Set The Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies is TOC's hot-house for encouraging new scholarly work examining and extending the Objectivist system of ideas.
Advanced Seminar Studies Mind and Knowledge The 2003 Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies was held June 25-27 at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. The theme of the seminar was mind and knowledge.
Aglialoro and Silk Join TOC Board of Trustees John Aglialoro and Roger Silk Join TOC Board of Trustees
All About Ayn Rand In May, The Objectivist Center launched a new Web site: All About Ayn Rand.
All TOC, All the Time Recent public advocacy activity: op-eds and radio appearances.
An Echo of Will Thomas's Latin America Tour Will Thomas interviewed by newspaper La Razon.
An Institute Where Objectivists Study Stephen Hicks spends a year at Institute for Objectivist Studies (now The Objectivist Center) as a senior fellow.
Andrew Bissell Interns at the Center An interview with Andrew Bissell, the Center's 2004 summer intern.
Angelina Jolie set to star in Atlas Shrugged It's official: Angelina Jolie is set to star in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
Arrivals and Departures at TOC Laura Baratta departs and Linda Bloomer and David Shetterly arrive.
At the Center Staff News
At the Center March 2003 The Objectivist Center begins the new year with a number of changes in its staff.
At the Center, April 2001 What's happening At the Center
At the Center, February 2002 David Kelley speaks to Junta and to Institute of Human Values in Health Care
At the Center, January 2001 What's happening At the Center
At The Center, June 2001 What's happening At the Center
At The Center: June 2003 Washington Office Is Hard at Work; George De Feis Departs
Atlas Shrugged 50th - Save the Date! Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Atlas Shrugged with us, Saturday, October 6th at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel. Full program coming soon.
Atlas Shrugged Movie News The Atlas Society’s page for news and insight on the film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Society in the news Two staff members are quoted in the Christian Science Monitor, and CNET news.
August Advocacy Training in California Senior Fellow William Thomas held an Effective Communication Workshop over the weekend of August 15-17 in Aptos, California.
August Speaking Workshop Announced The Objectivist Center will hold its Effective Communication Workshop at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, August 9-11, 2002.
August-September Logbook Logbook covered the graduate seminar, Ed Hudgins media appearances, the awarding of graduate scholarships, and a major financial commitment by the Center trustees in the August-September edition.
Ayatollah Spitzer's History: He Does to Whores What He Did to Us It's ironic that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has had his undeserved reputation for high moral standards tarnished by his sexual escapades which, while perhaps sleazy, did not harm any of us. In fact he deserved our moral scorn for his assault on productive individuals.
Basic Membership Information about basic memberships at The Center.
Basic Principles To Be Reissued The reissuing of the classic Basic Principles of Objectivism. The original taped course from the NBI days.
Bidinotto Answers Queries On Memberships and Gifts In the past two years, the institute has attracted a large number of new members, and many of them have questions about their membership. What does it mean to be a "member"? How long does a membership period run? What benefits does a contribution bring? Is the institute increasing its efforts at soliciting contributions?
Bidinotto Builds Bridges to Libertarians An account of Robert Bidinotto's highly successful talk in Washington, D.C.: 'Building Bridges between Objectivists and Libertarians'
Bidinotto to be on Air America This Friday, March 2, Robert Bidinotto, Editor-in-Chief of The New Individualist, will be a guest on the Thom Hartmann Show at 1:34 p.m. EST. The syndicated show reaches 3 million listeners and is also carried on Sirius and XM satellite radio.
Bidinotto to be on CBS Radio Tonight at 11:00pm EST Robert Bidinotto, Editor-in-Chief of The New Individualist, will a guest on the Mark Reardon Show, on KMOX, St. Louis, Missouri. The program has an audience of 400,000. The topic will be the March issue of TNI, which features a scathing critique of the conservative movement.
Bill Perry Retires Bill Perry, The Objectivist Center's director of community relations, is retiring and returning to Arizona.
Bringing Western Values to Capitol Hill The Objectivist Center took the discussion about the basis of a free society where it is needed most: Capitol Hill. A star-studded lineup, including Christopher Hitchens and TOC executive director David Kelley, discussed “What Are Western Values and Should We Return to Them?”
Center Honors Jamie Dorrian Director of Administration Jamie Dorrian recently celebrated her tenth anniversary at The Objectivist Center.
Center Hosts First Graduate Seminar Center Hosts First Graduate Seminar
Charles Tomlinson Died Charles Tomlinson died Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Charles was a long-time supporter of The Objectivist Center.
Chicago Objectivists Love Enright's Salon Marsha Enright’s New Intellectual Forum in Chicago is one of the most successful Objectivist salons in the country.
CNBC interview cites The Atlas Society The work of The Atlas Society was cited today in a CNBC interview with TAS trustee John Aglialaro.
Correction for March Issue Correction to March Issue
C-SPAN to broadcast TAS panel on "Ayn Rand & Business" C-SPAN-2 will broadcast the panel from The Atlas Society's Atlas Shrugged 50th Anniversary Celebration on "Ayn Rand and Business," on Saturday, October 20 at 3:00 pm and on Sunday, October 21 at 3:00 am (Eastern Time).
Cyberseminar Returns Cyberseminar announcment for ''Continental Orgins of Postmodernism''--lead by Dr. Stephen Hicks.
David Kelley translated into Bulgarian Dr. Kelley is translated into Bulgarian.
David Kelley, Stephen Hicks, and Michael Newberry Addresses Conference of New Art Foundation The inaugural conference of the Foundation for the Advancement of Art, the mission of the organization is "to establish innovative representationalism as the alternative to postmodern art in the world's leading contemporary art museums."
De Feis Joins TOC as Chief Operating Officer De Feis Joins TOC as Chief Operating Officer
Debating the Ideas Behind the War on Iraq and Terrorism Synopsis of the October 22, 2004 conference: "Lessons from the Iraq War: Reconciling Liberty and Security."
December Logbook There were articles about David Kelley's presentations to both the faculty and a class at the University of Arizona philosophy department, Ed Hudgins's appearance on a "Corporate Responsibility" panel, and Will Thomas's trip to England in the December edition of Logbook.
Departures and Arrivals Joanne Phillips leaves, Kristen Carlson and Jonathan Hayden start.
Don Heath Leaves IOS Donald Heath, the institute's longtime director of operations, has resigned that position to pursue other plans.
Dr. Madeleine Cosman: RIP We're sad to announce that one of our most popular speakers, Dr. Madeleine Cosman, passed away on March 2 from complications from scleroderma. She was 68.
ECW Students Learn the Art of Public Speaking William Thomas, David Kelley, and Susan McCloskey spent the weekend of August 3-5 at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, instructing seven promising advocates of Objectivism in the art of public speaking. This was the summer 2001 Effective Communication Workshop.
Ed Hudgins Reports from the Front The director of TOC's Washington office has launched a new vehicle for spreading the center's ideas.
Ed Hudgins Reports from the Front, March 2004 The latest Reports from the Front--frequent comments on cultural and political matters--by Ed Hudgins, TOC Washington Director.
Ed Hudgins Speaks on Space and More A report on recent speaking events and op-eds by Ed Hudgins, TOC Washington Director.
Ed Hudgins Visits East-Central Europe Edward Hudgins visited Prague in the Czech Republic, Vienna in Austria, and Budapest in Hungary on a trip sponsored by the Center for First Principles and by several businesses.
Ed Hudgins, Advocate The advocacy work of Ed Hudgins, Washington Director of TOC
Ed Hudgins: Derail Amtrak Hudgins spoke to congressional staffers about Amtrak reform.
Editor's Column, July 1999 Comments from the Editor, Roger Donway
Editor's Column, June 1999 Corrections and comments from the Editor, Roger Donway
Edward Hudgins Joins TOC Staff to Open Washington Office The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce that it has appointed Edward L. Hudgins to launch a new branch office in Washington, D. C. and to serve as a senior writer and spokesman.
Errata, April 1998 Corrections for recent January and March 1998 Navigator issues.
Essay on anarchism to be published in new book The Atlas Society's Director of Programs William Thomas has contributed an important essay to a forthcoming book on anarchism and minarchism.
Explaining Postmodernism published! Stephen Hicks’s book Explaining Postmodernism, written while a senior fellow at The Objectivist Center, has been published by Scholargy. The book traces postmodernism from its roots in Rousseau and Kant through its current adherents, such as Foucault and Rorty.
Explore the TOC Web Site The TOC web site and what it has to offer.
Fall 1999 TOC Conference An Objectivist Center conference entitled 'What Should We Worship? Reclaiming Spirituality from Religion'
Fifteenth Summer Seminar to Be Held in Vancouver The foundation of the seminar is a strong program of fifty-eight lectures, presented by an outstanding faculty. The program includes major figures and scholars in the Objectivist movement, those fighting for economic and political freedom, and leaders of a new artistic renaissance.
Film Company to Bring ''Atlas Shrugged'' to the Screen The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce that a new project to film Atlas Shrugged vhas just been launched. Crusader Entertainment, LLC, a Beverly Hills-based production company, announced on May 12 that it had acquired the film rights to Ayn Rand's great novel.
Five Speakers Spark ''A Meeting of Minds'' On November 1, one hundred and thirty people attended The Objectivist Center’s one-day conference, “A Meeting of Minds,” held in New York City.
Forbes Quotes Hudgins on a Tax-Free July 4th Forbes magazine led off its popular "Other Comments" section with an extended quote from Edward Hudgins, the Atlas Society's executive director.
Fourteenth Annual TOC Summer Seminar The Program of TOC's 2003 Summer Seminar
Frank Bubb Joins TOC Board Frank W. Bubb, a founding contributor to The Objectivist Center and an active participant ever since, has joined the center's board of trustees
Frank Kirmss—In Memorium We note with sadness the recent death of Frank Kirmss Jr., 65, of Dallas, Texas, a generous supporter of the Center's work, an enthusiastic participant in its programs, and a man who truly exemplified the spirit of Objectivism.
Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire Free State Objectivists Meet in New Hampshire
Going Galt!! "Going Galt!" It is the rallying cry of tax-protesting "tea parties" all over America. Find out what it really means to "go Galt."
Good News, Good News Good news from several newspaper columnists on Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars.
Greed: The Impact Statement An account of the institute's promotional efforts and at the response to the John Stossel, ABC show Greed.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AYN RAND! Ayn Rand was born on February 2, 1905. In 2009 we celebrate her great achievements and the legacy that she left us all!
Help the Center Ways to shop and support TOC
Hudgins At The Movies Edward Hudgins' latest op-eds deal with some recent films: ''The Passion of Christ'' and ''The Barbarian Invasions''.
Hudgins Brings TOC Media Visibility New Washington director, Edward L. Hudgins, has been bringing greatly increased media attention to TOC and its views.
Hudgins Communicates Ethics Ed Hudgins speaks at Atlas Economic Conference
Hudgins Debates a Subjectivist Edward Hudgins debates a subjectivist at The Institute for Humane Studies.
Hudgins Explains Capitalism to Many Audiences News from Ed Hudgins at the Washington Office
Hudgins Holds Conference on Postal Privatization News from Ed Hudgins at the Washington Office
Hudgins Letter in Wall Street Journal Edward Hudgins' letter on Edmund Phelps, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in economics, was printed in the Wall Street Journal weekend edition for October 14-15.
Hudgins on "Star Wars" History Channel Special Edward Hudgins, executive director of The Atlas Society, is one of the interviewees featured on the History Channel special Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed.
Hudgins on CSPAN on Tax Day! Edward Hudgins, the executive director of The Objectivist Center and The Atlas Society, spoke at the Americans for Tax Reform forum at the National Press Club on tax day, which was covered live by CSPAN!
Hudgins on CSPAN-2 with Tax Day Statement Dr. Edward Hudgins, the executive director of The Atlas Society, participated in a press conference on Monday, April 16, 2007 at the National Press Club to mark Tax Day 2007. CSPAN-2 plans to cover the event live, starting at 10:00am, EDT.
Hudgins on Neil Cavuto Show Today executive director Ed Hudgins was interviewed live for the Neil Cavuto Show. The subject was U.S. plans to shoot down a crippled spy satellite.
Hudgins on NPR on space policy Edward Hudgins, TOC's DC Director, will be a guest on the "Science Friday with Ira Flatow" on National Public Radio on Friday, May 30, to discuss space policy issues.
Hudgins on Penn and Teller TV Show Edward Hudgins, the executive director of The Atlas Society, your center for Objectivism, has a guest spot on magician-comedian-libertarians Penn and Teller's TV show B.S! on Showtime!
Hudgins Quoted in Boston Globe on John McCain Dr. Edward Hudgins was quoted in a September 18, 2008 Boston Globe article criticizing Republican presidential candidate John McCain's endorsement of greater goverment economic regulation as an example of a lack of ideological and economic principles.
Hudgins rips taxes Edward Hudgins, director of TOC's Washington office, was active recently in his opposition to the current tax system.
Hudgins Speaks at Tax Day 2008 Event To mark Tax Day 2008, Dr. Edward Hudgins spoke of the civil war created by our moral monstrosity of a tax system.
Hudgins Tells Postal Service Privatize! Edward Hudgins spoke on October 21 at a conference held by the inspector general of the U.S. Postal Service.
Imagine a University Where People Share Your Values For students interested in Objectivism, the summer offers what the school year does not: the chance to spend time in an Objectivist university, learning about the philosophy and its applications, and living for a time in a place where your values are understood and appreciated.
International Libertarian Group Hails Bidinotto International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL) lavished praise on the talk given at ISIL's 1997 Rome conference by Robert Bidinotto
Internship and Fellowship Application Information The Objectivist Center offers summer internships and visiting fellowships for students, scholars, and activists to work on writing projects at our offices in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Internships and Fellowships at TOC The Objectivist Center offers internships and occasional visiting fellowships for students, scholars, and activists to work on writing projects at our offices. Deadline: April 9, 2004.
Introducting The Atlas Society Introducting The Objectivist Center's newest division: The Atlas Society. TAS will focus on reader's of Ayn Rand's fiction.
Investing in the Future of Freedom
IOS and Cato University David Kelley at Cato University
IOS Chairman Frank Bond Addresses Sponsors
IOS Growth Surged in 1997 Details of the remarkable 1997 growth
IOS Initiates Monograph Series Announcing the launch of a monograph series in philosophy, psychology, and history.
IOS Maps its Future The Institute for Objectivist Studies (IOS) becomes The Objectivist Center (TOC) and takes broader focus on cultural change.
IOS Summer Seminar: The Focus Is on Students Nowhere else can students be exposed to leading-edge Objectivist thought, rigorous in standards and methodology, yet conducted in an atmosphere open to questioning and criticism.
IOS Takes Communication Workshop on the Road Effective Communication Workshop in Chicago.
It Was a Very Good Year Principal Source has a good year in 1999 with new acquisitions and expanded inventory.
Job Announcement...COO Job Announcement: Chief Operating Officer for The Objectivist Center
July 3 Dinner to Honor TOC's Sponsors The elegant tradition continues on the evening of Thursday, July 3, at the center's eleventh annual Sponsors Dinner, which will take place at the Bay Tower in Boston.
July 4 Op-ed published An op-ed: "Let's Declare the Fourth of July a Tax-Free Day!" by Edward Hudgins, executive director of The Atlas Society, appeared in four newspapers and was quoted extensively in a fifth.
July/August Soundings Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Tax Hikes; Rural Property Rights; Whom do Americans Trust?
June Soundings Trashing petty regulations; Media refuse subpoenas; Postmodern prostitution in art; Voting on the truth of the Bible.
Kelley Adresses Hartford Federalist Society TOC’s executive director, David Kelley, recently delivered a talk at the Hartford, Connecticut, Federalist Society. His next major talk will be January 11–12 at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Kelley and Thomas Attend Conferences TOC's executive director, David Kelley, and its manager of research and training, William Thomas, attended the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York City
Kelley on Reflects on Stossel's Greed David Kelley recalls how John Stossel's Greed came about and how the show that he saw on television appeared from his perspective.
Kelley Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article on Atlas Shrugged David Kelley, TAS founder and chairman, was quoted in a January 9, 2009 Wall Street Journal article entitled "Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years."
Kelley Speaks in Arizona In mid-March, Executive Director David Kelley gave two talks in Arizona: a speech on "What America Should Stand For" to an audience in Phoenix and a lecture on The Fountainhead to a class at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Kelley Will Present Epistemology Paper at Advanced Seminar A preview of the 6th annual Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies.
Kelley, Thomas Attend Cato University David Kelley and William Thomas represented the center at the Cato Institute's Cato University seminar held in Philadelphia March 29 through April 1.
Las Vegas Conference on Values of Capitalism The Objectivist Center held its 2004 Spring Conference on April 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme was "Values of Capitalism." The scene was the sumptuous Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
Last Call for Summer Seminar The final deadlines for TOC's Summer Seminar 2001 are fast approaching.
Last Call for Summer Seminar 03 The final deadlines for TOC's Summer Seminar 2003 are fast approaching. And don't forget that this year, for the first time, TOC is welcoming exhibitors to the seminar, to display their books, products, and services.
Last Call for the 1998 IOS Summer Seminar A review of the highlights of the 1998 Summer Seminar in Objectivism
Last Chance for TOC Live! Tapes Last Chance for TOC LIVE! Tapes from the 2001 Summer Seminar on Johnstown, PA.
Living Together--Independently Cato publishes David Kelley's A Life of One's Own: a defense of the ideal of a society in which men live together cooperatively, but independently. It is also an attack on the groundings of the Welfare State.
Livingston Publishes on Measurement Omission Ken Livingston, who is director of the program in cognitive science at Vassar College, describes the research paper he has just published--and why it lends support to Rand's theory regarding the omission of measurements in concept formation.
Logbook July 2005 The July issue of Logbook contained a report on the Summer Seminar and Advanced Seminar, an article about Patrick Stephens' appointment as Vice-President of the Foundation for Economic Education and other news items.
Logbook June 2005 June Logbook covered David Kelley's talk at a Muslim Rally, talks by Ed Hudgins, Objectivists in India, and had an interview with Robert Bidinotto about his plans for The New Individualist.
March 03 Soundings Thomas Sowell on nation building; Omnious Parallels; Genetical Modified Food; Altruism; Catholic Pope?; Women's Peace Vigil
March Soundings Liberal apprehension; law-making in Britain; Justifying the welfare-state; The Vagina Monologues; Republican Spending Explosion
Martin Anderson meets Ed Hudgins Martin Anderson, former advisor to President Reagan, meets with Ed Hudgins.
May Soundings Art Renewal Center ; Great Britain's leading playwrights David Hare; funding of the arts; musuem entrance fees.
Mayer Serves on Jefferson Commission TOC advisor David Mayer was a member of the Scholars Commission on the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings Matter, which released its final report in Washington, D.C., on April 12.
Media Spotlight on Objectivism Recent attention devoted to Ayn Rand and Objectivism by major media outlets, including The New York Times and U. S. News and World Report.
Meet the Illustrators Introduction to the illustrators who do work for Navigator.
Milton Friedman: 1912-2006 Executive Director Edward Hudgins comments on the passing of Nobel Prize-winner and champion of freedom Milton Friedman.
Navigator Web Special: Assault on Civilization Within a few days of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, The Objectivist Center created a special Navigator Web section called "The Assault on Civilization.
Neal Goldman Is Named to IOS's Board of Trustees Neal I. Goldman, president and founder of Manhattan-based Goldman Capital Management, Inc., was appointed to the IOS Board of Trustees in November 1997.
New Monograph Published in Objectivist Studies Series Is Virtue Only a Means to Happiness? is the title of the latest Objectivist Studies monograph, now in print from The Objectivism Store
New Pamphlet Released on Rand's Political Thought The Objectivism Store announces the publication of "Radical for Capitalism," a new introduction to the political theory of Ayn Rand by William Thomas.
New Poetry Book from Atlas Trustee Walter Donway In a new book of poetry, entitled Touched by Its Rays, Atlas Society trustee Walter Donway seeks to revive the “enduring traditions and popular values” of that genre such as meter, rhyme, storytelling, and drama.
New TAS Publication: An Objectivist Secular Reader The Atlas Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, An Objectivist Secular Reader, edited by Edward Hudgins.
New TOC Web Site Design After many months of work, TOC's Web site manager, Shawn Klein, recently unveiled the center's new Web design. The primary goal of the reworked design was to provide an attractive site that is easy to navigate and user-friendly. At the same time, TOC wished to add new contents and features, many of which will premiere later in the year.
News from the Summer Seminar: The "Atlas Shrugged" film! Karen and Howard Baldwin, with John Aglialoro, spoke at The Atlas Society's recent Summer Seminar about plans for their film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged!
November Soundings Educational atrocities, the cost of government regulation, Mexican immigration, environmentalism, health-care cost incentives.
Objectivism around the World Objectivism and Ayn Rand in India, Italy, Mexico and Turkey!
Objectivism Celebrated at 2001 Summer Seminar The Objectivist Center hosted its twelfth annual summer seminar from June 30-July 8 at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown.
Objectivism from the Source The Objectivist Center will hold a distance learning course from September 15 through December 1, 2004; learn about Objectivism from your home!
Objectivism Is Out of This World After the tragic destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, Dennis Tito, the first private citizen-explorer to pay his own way to space, called together an elite group of some forty experts, space advocates, and businessmen to consider the future of man in space.
Objectivism Online: Beginning and Advanced Objectivist FAQs and the Logical Structure of Objectivism online.
Objectivism Today: The Real Culture Wars The 1998 Objectivism Today conference, to be held on October 24 in New York City, will strive to present Objectivists with a new vision of the cultural factions now contesting for dominance in American society.
Objectivist Center Updates Moves to Yahoo! Groups As of October, the center has switched to Yahoo! Groups as the provider for the Email Update Service.
Objectivist Group Visits Scotland The traveling Objectivists took their annual trip in October, touring Scotland. Twenty-five Objectivists visited castles, lochs (lakes, in American parlance), universities, shops, and other tourist attractions.
Objectivist History to be Preserved in a New Video Series First hand accounts of the birth and development of Objectivism will be permanently preserved on video thanks to an ambitious new venture, The Objectivist History Project. The Objectivist Center has formed an agreement with television producer Duncan Scott to conduct videotape interviews with key individuals who worked with Ayn Rand in the development of Objectivism.
Objectivist Studies Flourishing at TOC Advancing Objectivism: the scholarship and research activities of The Objectivist Center staff: including the Effective Communication Workshop, Cyberseminar in Objectivist Studies, the Advanced Seminar, and the Objectivist Studies monograph series.
October, 2004 Soundings Aid to North Korea, John McWhorter and barbarism, Working hard in America
October-November Logbook The October-November Logbook included an interview with Stephen Hicks, a report of David Kelley's appearance at Cato University, and a summary of recent activities by Executive Director Edward Hudgins.
Op-ed on France Labors at Folly in "Washington Times!" The op-ed on "France Labors at Folly" by Edward Hudgins, was published in the Washington Times. Check it out!
Passing the Torch: Stone Leaves TOC After nearly four years of service, Tom Stone turns the Web site over to Shawn Klein.
Principal Source Prices Increase in New Catalog Russell La Valle has announced that with this year's annual mail-order catalog—"Winter 2001-2002"—Principal Source will be raising prices on a number of its products.
Professor George Walsh -- In Memoriam The Objectivist Center's staff has been saddened to learn of the death of Professor George Walsh, a trustee since the center's founding.
Quattrone's Successful Appeal a Victory against Persecution of Capitalists A three judge federal appeals court today unanimously threw out the May 2004 obstruction of justice conviction of financial entrepreneur and innovator Frank Quattrone.
Reagan's Legacy, 1911-2004 Reagan's Legacy: Optimism, Confidence in Individuals.
Reid Wientge Becomes TOC's Director of Development A veteran of the financial services industry, Reid Wientge, has been hired to head up the center's fundraising efforts.
Relativity Media Considers Atlas Shrugged Movie On the list of studios vying for involvement with the Atlas Shrugged movie, one more adds its name...
Report from the U.S. House of Representatives on Energy & Morality Dr. Edward Hudgins reports on the extraordinary day he spent in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, sitting in among members of Congress debating energy policy and the Objectivist ideas he contributed.
Rick Goad Leaves TOC Announcement about Rick Goad's departure from TOC.
Robert A. Levy Becomes Institute Trustee Robert A. Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, joined the IOS Board of Trustees last November.
Save the Date! Summer Seminar 2006 The Objectivist Center and Atlas Society will hold their 17th Annual Summer Seminar conference July 1-8, 2006, on the campus of Chapman University in Orange, California. Registration information will be available in early 2006.
Seminars for Students TOC encourages students interested in learning more about Objectivism to attend the center’s summer seminar this July at UCLA.
September Soundings Democrats and Million dollar contributions; Responsiblity in Britian; Education in New York; Whom Do Americans Trust?
September, 2004 Soundings Aristrocrats of Production, Technology Awards and honors, and a survey on 'Trusting Business.'
Setzer leads two Florida groups Luther "Luke" Setzer runs two different Objectivist groups in the central Florida area. The first is Space Coast Objectivism Promoters and Explorers (SCOPE). The second is the Objectivist Club at the University of Central Florida (OCUCF) group.
Showing the Flag David Kelley quoted in Investor's Business Daily and gives a talk at SUNY
Showing the Flag April 1999 Tom Stone's expansion of the website.
Showing the Flag, January 1999 David Kelley has been busy speaking out about Objectivism.
Showing the Flag, June 1999 Will Thomas talks on Business Ethics; Robert Bidinotto gives some talks at Libertarian Party's state convention and at Suny-New Paltz.
Showing the Flag, March 1999 Various speaking and media appearances by David Kelley, Robert Bidinitto. Plus positive feedback on Objectivism Today 1998 and Kelley's book "A Life of One's Own".
Showing the Flag, May 1999 David Kelley at Columbia University participating in panel session on Internet encryption policy.
Showing the Flag, October 1998 Activities of the Center
Sick Bureaucracy: a closer look at government health care Uncle Sam's got an Rx for you, complete with serious side effects. (by David Hogberg)
Sightings from Navigator 4, 1 Economist competition: 'The World in 2050' winner William Douglas is a TOC member.
Sightings from Navigator 4, 10 Aristos sets up web page for painter Jose Manuel Capuletti - one of Ayn Rand's favorite painters
Sightings from Navigator 4, 11 Anti-Living Wage protests at Harvard
Sightings from Navigator 4, 2 TOC Sightings: Camp Indecon in Colorado, Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from The Independent Institute, Stephen Hicks interviewed, Atlas Shrugged tied Lord of the Rings as best novel of twentieth century, Cato battling outdoor smoking ban in Frienship Heights, Maryland.
Sightings from Navigator 4, 3 Foundation for Economic Education, Ireland's free market think tank The Open Rebublic, Henry Hazlitt Foundation website
Sightings from Navigator 4, 4 Camp Indecon scholarships, Atlas Economic Research Foundation twentieth anniversary, Claremont Institute's 2001 Publius Fellows program, Pioneer Institute Better Government Competition, Intercollegiate Studies Institute Campus Outrage Awards 'The Pollys' winners,
Sightings from Navigator 4, 5 Cato Institute luncheon featureing a Federal Elections Commission commissioner speaking on how campaign finance laws limit free speech, and David Horowitz discusses his activities on college campuses.
Sightings from Navigator 4, 6 FEE hosts Jose Pinera, James Robbins appears on The Chip Franklin Show, Institute for Justice wins legal victory of Las Vegas limousine operators,
Sightings from Navigator 4, 7 Robert Levy of Cato debates the Tobacco Products Liability Project on MSNBC's 'Mike Barnicle Show.', Freedom Summit in Phoenix, AZ, IHS politopia,
Sightings from Navigator 4, 8 Michael Newberry's website, Art Renewal Center, American Society of Classical Realism,
Sightings from Navigator 4, 9 What Art Is?, Art Renewal Center, Allen Costell teaches, Libertarian John Buttrick appointed to Arizona's Maricopa County Superior Court.
Sightings July/August 2004 Dr. Brian Simpson will present courses in economics based on the works of Ayn Rand and George Reisman.
Sightings, April 1998 David Kelley letter to the editor of New York Times regarding review of Journals of Ayn Rand
Sightings, April 1999 Excerpts from Virtue of Selfishness, news from local clubs.
Sightings, April 2004 We The Living; Thor Halvorssen and FIRE; Stephen Hicks on Ayn Rand and Business Ethics.
Sightings, December 1998 Ayn Rand Stamp, Local Salons, IHS fellowships, John Ellis, Greed in New Zealand.
Sightings, December 1999 Atlas Shrugged and TNT; Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.
Sightings, December 2003 Stephen Cox; The Atlasphere; Objectivist Yellow Pages
Sightings, February 1999 Camp Indecon; Reason Papers and Ayn Rand; Walter Olson, Enlightenment, and Objectivism Today 1998; Ayn Rand's essays included in textbooks; George Reisman on Clinton's impeachment; At the Salons.
Sightings, January 1998 News on James Robbins and Larry Sechrest
Sightings, January 1999 Camp Indecon Web site, Leadership Institute alternative campus publications, criticism of Chandran Kukathas's Routledge encyclopedia on the history of philosophy article on Ayn Rand, Skirmishes.
Sightings, July 1999 Carolyn Ray has obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University.
Sightings, July/August 1998 Ayn Rand in Scandinavia; Austrian Scholars Conference; IHS; Rent control; Does Atlas Shrug at University of Michigan
Sightings, July-August 2003 Victor Niederhoffer; David Kelley teaches cognitive science at Vassar College; Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Ayn Rand fans
Sightings, June 1998 Center for Long Term Care Financing; Monadnock Online; David Duval; Reisman's Capitalism; Martin L. Cowen.
Sightings, June 1999 Ayn Rand on cover of Insight magazine; Letters about Rand scholarship in Chronicle of Higher Education; Michael Newberry; David Mayer in The Freeman; Club updates.
Sightings, June 2002 Michelle F. Cohen, Andrew Stuttaford on Atheism, FIRE and The Koala.
Sightings, June 2004 Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation is published; Center Member tours with Disney; Journal of Ayn Rand Studies issues call for papers.
Sightings, March 1998 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life; Jeff Scott on Stockholders and stakeholders
Sightings, March 1999 Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand; What Art Is; Discussion groups
Sightings, March 2004 Stephen Hicks and David Mayer establish websites; Shawn Klein accepted into Ph.D; Camp Indecon at Woodland Park, Colorado, from July 17 through July 24, 2004; The Objectivist Travelers schedule tour of Scotland; new issue of Aristos; Anthem movie news; The Atlasphere
Sightings, May 1998 Jeffrey Hoffman on Ayn Rand: Sense of Life; environmentalism and atheism.
Sightings, May 1999 Rand in Chronicle of Higher Education; Ayn Rand Stamp; Human Flourishing; Patricia Speer; Stephen Moses in Wall Street Journal; DoubleClick founder; local club news.
Sightings, November 1997 Kelly Rogers, Chris Sciabarra, Tibor Machan, Alan Greenspan, William Dale
Sightings, November 1998 Reason Papers, Camp Indecon, Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand, Objectivity journal, Fred Seddon
Sightings, November 2003 We the Living released to theaters across North America; Robert James Bidinotto's ecoNot.com with slogan "Individualism, not Environmentalism".
Sightings, November 2004 Private Property, Harry Potter, and David Kelley in Bulgarian
Sightings, November/December 2002 Camp Indecon, ALEC, FIRE, IJ, Web Blogs
Sightings, October 1997 Georgia Representatives William Clark; IHS, We The Living Optioned, Cato Institute, Atlas Shrugged Media Attention
Sightings, October 1998 Navigator announces the forthcoming appearance of a special forum on "Rand and Philosophy." It also discusses a major article on Ayn Rand in a new encyclopedia of philosophy. Who is the author and what does he make of Rand's great novels?
Sightings, October 2003 Logan Darrow Clements in the California race for Governor
Sightings, October 2004 Bidinotto Watch, Ideas in Iraq, Contribution reminder, Postmodernism book published, Camp Indecon update
Sightings, September 1997 Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand, We The Living, Franciscio Villalobos, George Reisman on George Soros and the Capitalist Threat.
Sightings, September 2003 Michael Newberry and the Foundation of the Advancement of Art; Library of Congress adding Rand papers; R. Paul Drake talk published; Beckman-Kaseman Memorial of 9/11 in Washington; the Passing of E.G. Ross.
Sightings, September 2004 Christopher Robinson receives his Ph.D. in cognitive science.
Soundings, April 1998 Alliance of Christian Right and multiculturalists; New organization for profressional historians; Hawaii Cruises monopoly; Benefits of Global Warming; Packard's fortune
Soundings, April 1999 Zimbabwe; Postmodern classical music; Harvard's Human Behavioral Biology; countering the myth of Native Americans ecology.
Soundings, April 2002 The Skeptical Environmentalist and Bjorn Lomborg, Oscar nominated Sound and Fury - controversy about allowing some deaf people to hear, Evils of Communism, Terrorists attacks focus values.
Soundings, April 2003 Modern Art as torture; George W. is Reagan's Son; CBC blames Columbia on American arrogance; Maurice Papon
Soundings, April 2004 U.S. senators trading well; we-centered world; Brain-drain in Germany; Voting on the Iraq War; Iraq better off without Saddam?
Soundings, December 1998 Kennedy administration and antitrust, email as legal liability, Russian and Soviet history, Dennis Vacco.
Soundings, December 1999 Values of the underclass; Conservatism; stopping the growth of government.
Soundings, December 2001 The split over the terrorists attacks and the war.
Soundings, December 2003 Nonprofits and minimum wage; Scandinavia Pro-business?; Ashtray inspectors; Where Europeans see threats to world peace.
Soundings, February 1998 Institute for Field-Being; Mr Magoo and National Federation of the Blind; Utne Reader on advertising; Buchan on Money; 1996 Welfare law, teacher evaluations.
Soundings, February 1999 Conformity in society; Political behavior as extortation; Racial Preferences; Thomas Kuhn
Soundings, February 2002 Interesting or scary tidbits from the culture.
Soundings, January 1998 Angels in Times Herald-Record, America Works, Soviet Gulag, Objectivists are not Conservatives, Buddhist monks.
Soundings, January 1999 Hollywood vs. Truth; House of Mao; Bad analogy; WIC and brand names; judge blocks business
Soundings, January 2002 Interesting and sometimes scary tidbits from the Culture: the annual running of the Marine Corps Marathon
Soundings, January/February 2004 Thomas Sowell on objectivity; Christian Marxists; France, Germany, Russia Allies?; Republicans abandoning free-markets and small government?
Soundings, July 1999 Al Gore and God; Boys and adventure stories; Multiculturalism and feminism as ideologies.
Soundings, July/August 1998 Virginia Postrel and Forbes; Free-Market Environmentalism; Multiculturalism; secular humanism
Soundings, July/August 2001 Interesting and sometimes scary tidbits from the Culture: Slate Webzine, Robert Hanssen, Income Diversity Graph
Soundings, July/August 2002 Anti-Conceptual Mentality Versus Conceptual Mentality; Anti-Semitism; US Taxes.
Soundings, July-August 2003 Wordwatcher: Altruism; Media Misrepresentations of business
Soundings, June 1998 Kaczunski at Harvard; Energy and Oil; Liberty; Welfare reform
Soundings, June 1999 Three Cultures; Success at Frederick Douglass Academy; Chemistry sets; Oliver Sackes
Soundings, June 2001 Interesting and sometimes scary tidbits from the Culture
Soundings, June 2002 Boycott of Israel by scientists, vandalism as art, capitalism and vampires.
Soundings, June 2003 Republicans grow budget; Wishing the left was right about George W. Bush; Aleksandr Yakovlev on the Soviet Union; Postmoderns critize Environmentalists;
Soundings, March 1998 Software Publishers Association; Microsoft; Humanism and Objectivism; Victimhood in Britian
Soundings, March 1999 Elia Kazan; nihilism and relativism; rap; tree hugging
Soundings, March 2002 Muslim countries and the lack of freedom, liberal Ivy League professors, Economic Freedom, Top taxpayers pay the most tax.
Soundings, May 1998 Alan Greenspan; GOP undercuts capitalism; poor research in social sciences; The art of smearing business
Soundings, May 1999 Milken and Mother Teresa; Investor's Business Daily and morality; egalitarianism and journalism.
Soundings, May 2001
Soundings, May 2002 EU and Xenophobia ban, shifting coalitions
Soundings, May 2003 General Electric Strike, Supreme Court and HMOs, Stalingrad analogy to Baghdad, Derrida.
Soundings, November 1997 Items that reveal the state of the culture, in America or the world
Soundings, November 1998 Taxi discounts limited, English versus American policing, Kantian morality and Christianity, Big Business: the persecuted minority.
Soundings, November 1999 Liberty Tree; Gross-out comedies; optical fibers; An Affair of State by Richard Posner; Steve Forbes
Soundings, November 2001 Interesting and sometimes scary tidbits from the Culture: Presidential Polls and Gallup Polls.
Soundings, November 2003 Fighting corruption, Wordwatchers Corner, Lawyers fighting for welfare rights, Polls about beliefs show cultural split.
Soundings, November/December 2002 PBS Diversity Crazed history of science, CEO's and Recession, Religious Altruism and Terrorism, Khmer Rouge, MulitCulturalism
Soundings, October 1997 Mind/Body Dichotomy at NIH, Martin Gardner's Theism, Sharpe's Tiger, British National Lottery, Real African-Americans.
Soundings, October 1998 Fideism, Welfare, Russia not capitalist, Hong Kong under China
Soundings, October 2001 Interesting or scary tidbits from the culture.
Soundings, October 2003 African Education, Hong Kong and the Future of Freedom, Our Friends the South Koreans
Soundings, September 1997 Mario Bunge's errors, problems in Russia and Mexico, T.J. Rodgers and the end of Corporate Welfare, Witch hunt at New Paltz, the sign of the dollar.
Soundings, September 1998 Defending Contradictions; Faith and Reason; Pre-Enlightenment and Post-Enlightenment; Clarence Thomas; Libertarians and Conservatives.
Soundings, September 1999 America adopting more forbidden activities; Columbine; Is Religion good for you?; evolution.
Soundings, September 2001 Interesting or scary tidbits from the culture.
Soundings, September/October 2002 Sick Days in Sweden, Urban League president Hugh Price on race in America, and Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
Speakers Chosen for 2001 Summer Seminar The Objectivist Center is pleased to announce a partial line-up of speakers for its twelfth annual summer seminar.
Sponsors Dinner Each year, The Objectivist Center hosts a banquet for our most generous supporters. Held in conjunction with the summer seminar, the Sponsors Dinner brings together our sponsors, benefactors, patrons, trustees, advisors, and their guests to celebrate the center's progress and to hear about our future plans.
Sponsors Dinner Will Celebrate TOC's Future Sponsors Dinner Will Celebrate TOC's Future
Student Scholarships For Spring Conference Now Available A special donation has made available two student scholarships to attend our Spring Conference April 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
*Summer & Fall issues of The New Individualist* available!** Our members and subscribers are already enjoying the Summer issue of The New Individualist. If you're not a member, join today or subscribe so you won't have to wait for each new issue to be posted online. Subscribe today!
Summer 2001 Public Speaking Workshop Scheduled The Effective Communication Workshop is TOC's greenhouse for developing the public speaking talents of the Objectivist community
Summer Intern Chosen The center has accepted Malini Kocchar as TOC's summer intern for 2002.
Summer Intershipes Summer Interships available at The Objectivist Center
Summer Seminar 2010: TAS/FreeMinds The 20th TAS Summer Seminar will be produced as joint effort by The Atlas Society and FreeMinds.
Summer Seminar for Students TOC's summer seminar is scheduled for June 28 through July 5, at Bentley College in Waltham, Masssachusetts, just outside of Boston. It welcomes participants of all ages and offers a wide variety of lectures, activities, and workshops.
Summer Seminar Notices (1999) Information about the 1999 Seminar.
Summer Seminar T-Shirts Still Available T-shirts from the summer seminar in Los Angeles are still available
TAS Releases Audio Recording of Anthem TAS Releases Audio Recording of Anthem
TAS Scores Big at Major Conservative Conference On March 1-3, The Atlas Society laid down a philosophical challenge to the conservative movement on its own turf—and in a big way.
TAS Trustee Asness Denies Obama the Sanction of the Victim TAS Trustee Cliff Asness speaks truth to power and jolts the media into covering the Obama administration's totalitarian power play.
That Perfect Gift? As the holiday season approaches, marketing director Russell La Valle would like to remind all TOC members and supporters that Principal Source gift certificates are available and could be that perfect gift for anyone who loves reason, individualism, freedom, and achievement.
The 2002 Advanced Seminar Surveys Topics in Many Fields A comparison between the philosophies of David Hume and Ayn Rand constituted a major theme of TOC’s fourth annual Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies. Twenty-five students and scholars took part in the three-day meeting, which also saw discussions of art, ethics, and law.
The 2005 Graduate Seminar: The 2005 Graduate Seminar was held July 31 through August 5, 2005 in Washington, DC.
The Atlas Society and The Objectivist Center Names Many of you have noticed the increased use of "The Atlas Society" name on our op-eds, e-mails, Web site, and elsewhere, in addition to "The Objectivist Center" moniker. Perceptive members! Here's the story!
The Atlas Society Launches Operations After nearly two years of preparations, The Atlas Society—an organization for admirers of Ayn Rand's fiction—has begun its activities.
The Best Moral Case for Capitalism In May 2002,Dinesh D'Souza and David Kelley debated "The Best Moral Case for Capitalism." The FreedomFest website now has available several portions of this debate.
The Business of Running a Philosophy Institute What and who it takes to run the institute. A tribute to the work of Jamie Dorrian, Kristen Carlson, and Laura Lucey.
The Center has Moved! The Objectivist Center has moved its headquarters to Washington DC. The Center's new contact information is here. For more information on the Center's move, see here.
The Editor's Column, April 1999 Donway on the Soundings column.
The New Individualist, Bidinotto, Win Major National Magazine Award The New Individualist has won one of Folio magazine's prestigious Editorial ("Eddie") Awards.
The Objectivist Center and Atlas Society Launch Redesigned Website We've redesigned the site to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for. We hope you like it!
The Objectivist Center Holds Forum on Islam in America Event report from the forum on Islam in America held in DC in November.
The Objectivist Center to Move to DC The Objectivist Center to Move to DC -- Edward Hudgins to be Executive Director.
The Stamp of Greatness; Logbook Logbook account of USPS introduction of the Ayn Rand stamp.
The World of 'Atlas Shrugged' Is Released Scripted by The Objectivist Center’s Robert James Bidinotto, The World of "Atlas Shrugged" is an audio companion to Ayn Rand’s masterpiece that will soon be available in bookstores.
Thomas Plans for Next ECW For those interested in honing their ability to present Objectivist ideas in public, there is no better source of training than TOC's Effective Communication Workshop.
Thoughts That Breathe And Words That Burn Reporting on the the second Effective Communication Workshop. This workshop hones the logical and rhetorical skills of attendees.
TNI attracts more media attention A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist will be interviewing TNI's Robert Bidinotto tomorrow.
TNI garners more mainstream media attention The January/February issue of The New Individualist has attracted media attention from several major newspapers.
TNI named in "Best in the Business" article The November issue of Folio Magazine celebrates the "Best in the Business." Among them: The New Individualist.
TNI on cable TV panel This Saturday, Ed Hudgins will participate as panelist for a taping of two cable TV installments of "Passion for Truth."
TNI on CNN Headline News tonight (Feb. 11) TNI writer Gen LaGreca will issue a call to liberty and self-responsibility in a special appearance on CNN Headline News tonight.
TNI on the air Hear TNI editor-in-chief Robert Bidinotto on XM Satellite radio tonight at 6:00 p.m. EST. Subject: Super Tuesday's anointing of the "new progressives."
TNI quoted in Minneapolis Star-Tribune Thursday's Minneapolis Star-Tribune carried a quote from the cover story from the March issue of The New Individualist.
TNI readers push entrepreneurial idea into finals Thanks to readers of The New Individualist, managing editor Sherrie Gossett’s conception of live, interactive webcast news events just got one step closer to reality.
TOC announces two new seminars TOC announces the Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method to be held at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, July 31- Aug 7, 2004; and the Distance-Learning Seminar in Objectivism to be offered Fall 2004.
TOC Changes Brokers Those who wish to donate stock to TOC should take note of this latest change.
TOC 'Fellow Travelers' Prepare for 2002 The Objectivist Center's fourth trip abroad, this time to Tuscany, Italy, will take place November 7-15.
TOC Fellow Travelers Visit Fjordland of Norway TOC 'Fellow Travelers' Visit Fjordland of Norway
TOC Gears Up for the Summer Seminar The center's staff have been working hard to prepare for the twelfth annual summer seminar. To be held in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, this year's seminar will bring together hundreds of people for a mix of education, social life, inspiration, and good fun.
TOC Gives First Graduate Scholarships The Objectivist Center awards graduate scholarships to Walter Foddis and Shawn Klein.
TOC Graduate Scholarship Awards Announcement of the first annual graduate students awards.
TOC Graduate Scholarships The Center will offer up to a maximum of $12,000 annually in living expenses and tuition and fees to support qualified graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in philosophy and closely related fields such as psychology and cognitive science. Application Deadline: March 1.
TOC Hits the Jackpot in Las Vegas TOC was a major presence at the Foundation for Economic Education’s first annual convention, held in Las Vegas. Drawing the most attention was a debate between David Kelley and conservative author Dinesh D’Souza concerning the moral basis of capitalism.
TOC Host Effective Communication Workshop The Winter 2001 TOC Effective Communication Workshop took place February 2-4. Taught by William Thomas, Susan McCloskey, and David Kelley, the intensive workshop allowed the participants to sharpen their skills at public speaking and at organizing and presenting Objectivist ideas.
TOC increase web presence TOC joins up with Grantmatch.org, Guidestar.com, Helping.org, and Igive.com
TOC launches New Website A brief description of the new TOC website.
TOC Launches ''The Objectivism Store''
TOC Opens an Office in Washington D.C. On June 5, TOC held a gala reception in the nation’s capital to celebrate the opening of its Washington office, headed by Ed Hudgins. Among the 170-plus people in attendance were members and staffers of TOC, two congressmen, several journalists, and representatives from many of the pro-capitalist think tanks that operate in and around Washington.
TOC Promotes 'Objectivist Studies' Monographs TOC Promotes 'Objectivist Studies' Monographs to university libraries
TOC Promotion Seen by Thousands TOC Promotion Seen by Thousands at FreeMarket.net
TOC Reprints Unrugged Individualism The Objectivism Center has reprinted David Kelley’s Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence.
TOC Sets Time and Place for 2003 Summer Seminar The Objectivist Center will hold its fourteenth annual summer seminar at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, from Saturday June 28 to Saturday July 5, 2003.
TOC Speakers Engage Many Audiences Different Speaking engagements by TOC Speakers
TOC to Hold Fall Conference in Manhattan The Objectivist Center will sponsor a one-day conference, "A Meeting of Minds," in New York City on Saturday, November 1.
TOC to Redesign Web Site The Objectivist Center site will have a fresh look and many new sections with expanded and improved content.
TOC Web User-Sessions Reach New Heights TOC Web User-Sessions Reach New Heights
TOC's Outreach Efforts Twenty times, in June and July, TOC staff members got out the Objectivist message via television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet. Ed Hudgins, the recently appointed director of The Objectivist Center’s Washington D.C. office, led the way with more than three-quarters of the center’s media appearances.
TOC's Outreach Efforts 12/02
TOC's Public Advocate in Action
Tribune-Review article highlights TNI/TAS A new column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "Saving a Divided GOP Soul", focuses on The New Individualist and The Atlas Society.
Trustee Changes: Bob Poole Joins Board, Kelley Elected Chairman. Bob Poole of the Reason Foundation has joined our Board of Trustees and David Kelley has been elected our chairman!
Two Works Are On the Way The research and training division of The Objectivist Center has been hard at work on two new books, which are now nearing completion.
Understanding the Credit Crisis Today's crisis in banking and home loans became unavoidable when the federal government initiated policies that obliterated personal self-responsibility.
*Update on Atlas Shrugged* Movie, May 3, 2004** According to The Atlas Society, while there have been reports that the Atlas Shrugged might be scrapped, the producers expect the project to go forward.
Virtues of Objectivism Seminar, London William Thomas held a weekend seminar in London, November 19 and 20, 2005.
Visiting Fellow's Work Proceeds Apace William Thomas, the institute's new visiting fellow, reports that he is proceeding "full steam ahead" with his project of turning David Kelley's "The Logical Structure of Objectivism" lectures into a book
Wall Street Journal Carries Kelley's Tribute to Atlas Shrugged On October 10, 2007--the 50th anniversary of the publication of Atlas Shrugged--the Wall Street Journal published "Capitalist Heroes," Atlas Society founder David Kelley's tribute to Ayn Rand's great novel.
Walsh Examines Religion's History and Practice IOS is pleased to announce that George Walsh’s book The Role of Religion in History has just been published
Walter Olson Praises Objectivism Today Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has written an article praising Objectivism Today 1998 and its defense of Enlightenment values against both the pre- and post-Enlightenment.
Washington Times Publishes Hudgins Tribute to Atlas Shrugged The Washington Times on October 11, 2007 ran a tribute to "Atlas Shrugged at 50" by Dr. Edward Hudgins, executive director of The Atlas Society.
Washington Times Write-up of Atlas Shrugged Celebration In advance of The Atlas Society's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Atlas Shrugged, the Washington Times ran a major story that discussed Ayn Rand's great achievement, the book's influence, and the forthcoming movie.
We have moved We have moved to Suite 830 in the same building at 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Our telephone number is (202) AYN-RAND (296-7263). Feel free to call!
Web Site Begins Q&A The launching of a new service to allow for submission of questions on how Objectivism might address particular issues. Answers are archived on the website.
Web Site Traffic Increases After Terror Attacks Since the attack, the average grew to just above 2,000 daily user sessions, with almost half a dozen days reaching 2,500 user sessions or more.
Weekend Seminars in Objectivism TOC is now offering The Essence of Objectivism as a day and a half weekend seminar
What's New on the Web What's New on the Web December 2001
What's New on the Web What's New on the Web for January 2002
Whither Libertarianism? The full text of David Kelley's letter to Wall Street Journal on Libertarianism.
Who is Dagny Taggart? The Atlas Shrugged film project moves forward, but who will play the lead?
Will Thomas at Students for Liberty NYC Feb 23 2008 William Thomas spoke on "Objectivism and Liberty" at the Students for Liberty conference in NY, 2/23/08 4pm.
Will Thomas Becomes IOS's first Visting Fellow Will Thomas will be working closely with the institute's executive director, David Kelley, to create a book from the Logical Structure of Objectivism lectures
William Perry Joins The Objectivist Center The Objectivist Center has hired William E. Perry as director of community relations.
Winter, 2005 issue of The New Individualist is out! The Winter, 2005 issue of The New Individualist has been sent to our members and subscribers. Read about The Jihad Against Free Speech by Edward Hudgins and Cartoon Journalists by Robert Bidinotto.
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