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I swear, by my life and love of it, that I will never live for the
sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine.
-- Galt's oath, from Atlas Shrugged
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Ayn Rand's writing and the Ayn Rand Institute's essay contest ($$$)
The Ayn Rand Lexicon, a mini-encylopedia of Objectivism, is now available for free browsing from the Ayn Rand Institute at www.aynrandlexicon.com/
The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics is a brilliant book that goes a long way towards correcting the fiction-presented-as-fact of the Brandens' smears of Ayn Rand and Objectivism. James Valliant, a prosecutor in San Diego, uses his professionally-honed skills at integrating evidence and finding contradictions to analyze and dissect the Brandens' work, leaving no doubt as to their complete uselessness as a historical document, and thoroughly exposing their agenda to undercut the legacy of one of the greatest minds in history. Also, Ayn Rand's own personal journal notes about her experiences with the Brandens are presented for the first time. Highly recommended.
Business
BB&T
"BB&T Corporation, headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a fast growing, highly profitable financial holding company with $78.2 billion in assets. Its bank subsidiaries operate more than 1,100 branch offices in the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Florida and Washington, D.C. BB&T ranks No. 2 in market share in North Carolina, No. 3 in South Carolina, No. 4 in Virginia, No. 1 in West Virginia, No. 6 in Georgia, No. 7 in Maryland, No. 3 in Kentucky and No. 5 in Washington, D.C." (accurate as of Sept. 30, 2002)
John Allison, CEO and Chairman of BB&T, has explicitly incorporated the principles of Objectivism into its management -- an illustration of the fact that the (properly) moral and the practical go hand in hand.
American University/College Clubs
The College of New Jersey Ayn Rand Society
This is the school of Objectivist intellectual and Aristotelean scholar Allan Gotthelf.
The Harvard Objectivist Club
At Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts..
The USC Objectivist Club
At the University of Southern California, Los Angeles..
The Ayn Rand Club
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The Ayn Rand Institute maintains a database of college and high school clubs for students interested in studying Objectivism.
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The Ayn Rand Institute
The #1 force in our culture today for spreading the ideas of Objectivism.
The Ayn Rand Society
A professional society associated with the American Philosophical Association. Its aim is to foster the scholarly study by philosophers of the philosophical thought and writings of Ayn Rand.
Law
The Association for Objective Law
"The Association for Objective Law is an organization formed in 1988 to advance Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, as the basis of a proper legal system."
Medicine
Americans for Free Choice in Medicine
Working to reverse the invasion of socialized medicine into American life.
The Lucidicus Project
The Lucidicus Project helps young people entering the medical
profession examine the moral and economic foundations of a free society. Our primary activity is to provide the Medical Intellectual's Self-Defense Kit to medical students free of charge.
Education
FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)
"FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom on our nation's campuses."
Strongbrains.com
A site devoted to self study about great cultures of the past, especially Ancient Greece, with contributions from John Lewis, professor of classics.
Marva Collins
Marva Collins is the remarkable teacher who made national headlines with her private school in a Chicago ghetto after demonstrating (again) that children are vastly more capable than the evil public schools claim. The book that covers her remarkable history and results is Marva Collins' Way. Also currently available is Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers.
Jaime Escalante
The author of the inspiring book (also made into an excellent movie) titled Stand and Deliver, he is another dedicated teacher who showed that supposed "losers" in a Hispanic high school could achieve great heights if they put their minds to it. An engineer who turned to teaching, he was told by a typically dull-witted, moribund public school administration that the students would be hard pressed to learn algebra. He ended up teaching a class in advanced calculus and the students were among the highest scoring in California on a standardized test. Stand and Deliver is unfortunately out of print, but Escalante: The Best Teacher in America, is currently available. (I haven't read it yet.)
Gail Paquette's Homeschooling Site
American public schools are a disaster, wasting billions of dollars while inflicting thousands of incompetent teachers on American children. Many parents are turning to home schooling as an alternative to government incompetence and brainwashing.
The Robinson (Homeschooling) Curriculum
This appears to be a useful and comparatively very inexpensive resource for homeschoolers. It offers 22 CD-ROMs for $195, containing about 120,000 pages of information, largely from older sources (this can be a real virtue considering the politicization and watered-down tenor of modern texts.)
Psychology
Dr. Scott Adam's psychology site (www.fireflysun.com)
Dr. Adams is an Objectivist psychologist, and has become owner of fireflysun.com. He plans to provide information on psychology from an Objectivist perspective. It includes feature articles by Dr. Ed Locke, Sylvia Bokor, and Andrew Brannan. Dr. Locke's paper can be found nowhere else and is, to Dr. Adams, "a foundational document for an Objectivist perspective in psychology."
Art
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Website for the beautiful, Academy Award nominated, biographical film of Ayn Rand's life, produced by Michael Paxton. A must-see for any Ayn Rand fan. The companion book can be ordered here.
Quent Cordair art gallery
Beautiful art for sale with lots of good pictures.
Linda Mann art gallery
"In my paintings, I try to make the act of seeing exciting." The site offers reproductions of the artist's extraordinary still life paintings.
Theo van Oostrom fine art
"Romantic realism at its finest."
Michael Wilkinson sculpture
Beautiful sculptures in bronze and acrylic.
Nick Gaetano
Other work by the artist of the superbly done 1999 Ayn Rand postage stamp.
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine -- Music with an Ayn Rand connection
Digitized music from the early 20th century that Ayn Rand enjoyed enormously (her "tiddlywink music".) While not necessarily the same exact recordings, they're the same titles.
Forgotten Delights
Diane Durante's site on good art.
Frederick Hart
One of America's greatest sculptors (1943-1999), Hart created beautiful, brilliantly crafted work. Hart was explicitly opposed to modern nihilist trends, as are most of the other artists listed in this section. Some galleries showing his work: Jean Stephen Galleries, Greg Lane Fine Arts, Lahaina Galleries
Printed Publications
The Intellectual Activist
A monthly publication studying current events and other issues from the Objectivist perspective.
Op-Eds
ARI's Medialink
A collection of monthly publication studying current events and other issues from the Objectivist perspective.
Talk Radio
PRODOS.com
Prodos is a popular internet radio host in Australia, bringing the voice of reason to "down under" and all over the net. Check out his web page to read about his wide ranging pursuit of values.
The Rational Basis of Happiness
Dr. Ellen Kenner broadcasts her radio show every Saturday from 12-1 p.m. EST. Dr. Kenner is a genuinely rational and benevolent psychologist (unlike "Dr. Laura" whose doctorate is not in psychology and who is neither benevolent nor a promoter of reason.) Available live on the internet or with a currently free archive of the last show.
Objectivist Intellectuals
Harry Binswanger
Dr. Binswanger is a foremost Objectivist intellectual. Find out about his moderated, subscription email list here and sign up for a free 1 month trial.
Andrew Bernstein
Dr. Bernstein is professor of philosophy and, recently, a published novelist (Heart of a Pagan). His dynamic lecturing style and lively personality are an inspiration to his students.
Glenn Woiceshyn's Home Page
An up-and-coming editorialist acting as a voice of reason in Canadian and other newspapers.
Dr. Locke, a long-time Objectivist, was formerly a psychologist and a business school professor. He has lectured and written extensively on the history and nature of business and businessmen.
Tara Smith
Dr. Smith is an Objectivist currently teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist; Viable Values; and Moral Rights and Political Freedom.
Science
Lewis Little's Theory of Elementary Waves
A causal explanation of quantum phenomena. This is a serious theory by an actual scientist, giving an alternate development of quantum mechanics via a different interpretation of the Schroedinger equation. All existing observations are predicted, but using an entirely causal, "non weird", local theory.
Environmentalism.com
Environmentalism is a religion. This site provides links to, and articles about, evidence of the anti-humanity, destructive nature of this religion, and scientific rebuttals of its many false claims.
Other Businesses
The Paper Tiger
Looking to buy or sell out of print/rare Ayn Rand material? This is a top source. Also a good source for other rational/romantic realistic material.
Ayn Rand Bookstore
Ayn Rand Bookstore is the most complete source for Objectivism, carrying a large selection of material from Ayn Rand and various Objectivist intellectuals, including taped lectures.
Betsy Speicher's Cybernet
An intellectual activist for many years, Betsy's Cybernet is a great source for the latest news related to Objectivism. An extensive monthly email update and interim updates make this list well worth a subscription if you're into Objectivism.
Objectivism in America
California: San Francisco: Golden Gate Objectivists
Illinois: Chicago: Chicago Objectivist Society
Objectivism in Europe
Jerry Nilson is an Objectivist in Sweden with a good site here.
The United Kingdom Objectivist Association's website can be found here.
A site in Russian can be found here. I can't read Russian but I am told by those who can, that this site has information on acquiring some of Ayn Rand's books in Russian translation.
Objectivism in Canada
The Toronto Objectivist Association's website can be found here.
The Montreal Objectivist Club is here.
Non-Objectivist links of possible interest to Objectivists
Secularity.com. "Religion-free homepages, events, dating & fun."
Infidels.org. "... a website operate by the Internet Infidels, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to defending and promoting a naturalistic worldview on the Internet."
Martin Lindeskog's blog can be found here.
Melanie Phillips is a writer and thinker in the U.K. Her site/blog is here.
Discussion Groups
THE FORUM for Ayn Rand Fans
Created and run by longtime Objectivists Betsy and the late Stephen Speicher, this is an interactive forum for Ayn Rand fans. Free to join.
Older material
The 1999 Ayn Rand U.S. Postage StampThe remarkable Prodos of Australia also interviewed someone at the Post Office about the stamp.
Miscellaneous
Ludwig von Mises' letter of admiration to Ayn Rand for Atlas Shrugged (sent January 23, 1958), in PDF format.
Cox and Forkum offer brilliant editorial cartoons.
An excellent interview with Wafa Sultan can be found here: http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1050. From the interview: "The clash we are witnessing around the world is not a clash of religions, or a clash of civilizations. It is a clash between two opposites, between two eras. It is a clash between a mentality that belongs to the Middle Ages and another mentality that belongs to the 21st century. It is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality."
Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman is a young man currently sentenced to an Egyptian prison for 4 years for the "crime" of criticizing Islam and Egypt's dictator Hosni Mubarak, in his online blog, and demonstrates a highly independent mind. Clearly, he should be freed immediately and permitted to emigrate to America or any country where he can freely speak his mind.
Other notable quotes
"One of these centuries, the brutes, private or public, who believe that they can rule their betters by force, will learn the lesson of what happens when brute force encounters mind and force."
-- Ragnar Danneskjöld, from Atlas Shrugged