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Ayn Rand: The Woman


McSweeney on Rand
07 Sep 2010
McSweeney
WARNING: humor.
Repudiating Whittaker Chambers
06 Sep 2010
Freedom Fighter's Journal
A teenaged girl reviews Rand's novels on YouTube
01 Sep 2010
Hans Sherrer
Although it is obvious she only has the perspective of a teenager, they are interesting
Libertas Film Magazine, Interview with Atlas Shrugged movie director
31 Aug 2010
Wendy McElroy
Man Scrawls world's Biggest Message
15 Aug 2010
Wendy McElroy
Atlas Shrugged movie(s) to be a trilogy
26 Jul 2010
Wendy McElroy
An unsympathetic but interesting review of Rand herself by philosopher John Gray
19 Jul 2010
John Gray
Ayn Rand's man in Washington
19 Jun 2010
Market Watch
Did Greenspan channel or betray Ayn Rand?
Who is Ayn Rand?
04 Jun 2010
Charles Murray
A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns and Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller
Bizarre attacks on Rand continue
06 Apr 2010
Mark Shea

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Another round up of articles about or inspired by Rand
on Wednesday 18 November 2009
by Wendy McElroy

Heller's bio of Rand reviewed by Adam Kirsch in the New York Times entitled Still fueling fires.

The Mises Institute has reprinted the hilarious one-act parody of Rand and her circle -- Mozart Was A Red -- that was penned by Murray Rothbard, complete with a introduction by Jeff Tucker.

And, Ralph Raico, provides perspective on Rand in a post on LewRockwell.com. Excerpt: In a recent article on LRC, the author ascribes to Ayn Rand an epithet directed at Ludwig von Mises: "bastard." If anyone should take this as her basic attitude to Mises, it would be a very serious mistake. In the 1950s and 60s Ayn and, following her, the Randian group,strongly endorsed and promoted Mises in print and lectures. She must have introduced the great Austrian to thousands of new readers. In the few years I had personal contact with her, I never heard Ayn refer to Mises with anything but respect. Two recollections come to mind: once Barbara Branden, in her persona as a half-educated grand inquisitor, was attacking Mises for being a utilitarian. Ayn retorted, "Leave him alone. He's done enough." One time she attended the NYU seminar and sweet old Mises went off topic to comment on how important creative writing was for spreading our ideas. Then he said something like, "I mention this because we happen to have present a great creative novelist." Ayn looked around, all huge smiles and bursting with pride. It was so cute. The lady loved flattery, most especially from someone of the stature of Mises.

Michael Shermer's critical but thoughtful article The Bitch is Back (And she’s going rogue…Ayn Rand, not Sarah Palin).

And, last but never least, my buddy Stefan Kinsella includes an analysis of Rand's position in his article Intellectual Property and Libertarianism.

 
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