Navigator, December, 2004
Ayn Rand at 100 by Edward Hudgins and Fred Smith
How do the most productive individuals, those who are responsible for a society's prosperity, find themselves abused by politicians and dishonest businessmen and women? Rand sees the key in morality, and she coined the phrase that best describes the root of the problem: the sanction of the victim.
Epistemology and Politics: Ayn Rand's Cultural Commentary by David Kelley
The events Rand wrote about are long past, the people long gone. Many of the issues and trends have disappeared off the rader screen. But her essays remain relevant today and her comments have staying power because she brought a philosophical perspective to bear.
Honoring Ayn Rand
Sixteen individuals—from the world of politics to the world of the academy, from the corporation to the think thank—pay homage to the philosopher and novelist on the one-hundredth anniversary of her birth.
Freedom . . . Achievement . . . Individualism . . . Reason—Objectivism by William Thomas
The most essential aspects of Objectivism can be expressed in four basic values. To understand Objectivism as a system, one needs to grasp what these values are and how they fit together.
The Fountainhead Sings by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Max Steiner—a student of Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler—wrote the film score for The Fountainhead. A new CD and a deluxe booklet celebrate his achievement.
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
When planning her funeral, Rand said that she wanted no eulogies, just a reading of her favorite poem, "If," by Rudyard Kipling. David Kelley, later the founder of The Objectivist Center, gave that reading, and we present the poem here as the memorial Ayn Rand thought most fitting.