Remembering 9/11

It's been eight years since Islamists attacked the United States and reminded us all of the horrific consequences of a philosophy that celebrates irrationality and, conversely, the importance of a culture based on reason and a morality based on life on this earth.

TAS Trustee Asness Denies Obama the Sanction of the Victim

Obama's Grab-Bag Socialism
By Edward Hudgins
 
April 4, 2009 - We can understand why President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress do not want to call their attempts to socialize America's economy "socialism." Government efforts to control economies in the past have been disasters. Still, this administration is using a grab-bag approach in its attempt to take control. But it will face the same insurmountable problems as did socialisms of the past, and the American people will suffer.

Light Up the World for Humans
By Edward Hudgins

March 27, 2009 -- Environmentalists worldwide are urging people to turn off all their lights for one hour on Saturday, March 28 at 8:30pm local time. "Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming," declares the "Earth Hour" website.

Obama Kicks Crutches from Crippled Soldiers
By Edward Hudgins

March 19, 2009 - We've seen this week just what sort of warped morality guides Barack Obama and his administration. And we've seen just what we can expect if we allow them to take from us our freedom to make decisions concerning, among other things, our own health care.

March 6. 2009 -- Republicans and conservatives are not synonymous, nor are conservatives and friends of freedom. But after the 2008 Republican electoral fiasco, in large part due to their abandonment of the principles of freedom, many conservatives are recommitting themselves to those principles.

Atlas Ideas: More Protectionism? - Thomas on Independence - Reagan's Birthday!

Why on Earth---Is Protectionism Still Popular?
by Bradley Douset

One of the things economists across the political spectrum agree on is that protectionism is bad.

Atlas Ideas - Your Brain on Unity; Q&A on Altruism & Strife

Your Brain on Unity
By Edward Hudgins

January 30, 2009 - President Barack Obama took office promoting the need for the country in general-and policy-makers in particular-to overcome petty differences and to unify to solve the nation's serious problems.

Atlas Ideas - Obama Inaugural; Who Is Dagny Taggart?; Q&A

By Edward Hudgins

January 23, 2009 - Presidential inauguration addresses are usually forgotten, since it's what the chief executive does after he's sworn in that is of most importance to citizens.

Thoughts on Racial Thinking

By Edward Hudgins

January 17, 2009 -- January 2009 finds the issue of race front-and-center with the celebration of black civil rights leader Martin Luther King's birthday followed by the inauguration of Barack Obama as America's first black president, in Washington, D.C., a majority black city with a black mayor.

Scientology, Seizures, and Science
By Edward Hudgins

January 13, 2009

Jett Travolta, the sixteen-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, died recently of what the autopsy found to be a seizure.

Atlas Ideas: Hudgins on Unity in Obama; Kelley on Life; New Thomas Q&As
New Essay by David Kelley: "Choosing Life."

The entire Objectivist morality, Ayn Rand said, stems from the choice to live. But at the heart of this issue is the question of whether life is a value because one chooses it or whether one chooses life because it is a value.

Summer Seminar 2009 Announcement
December 29, 2008

To members and friends of The Atlas Society:

Many of you have said that the Summer Seminar is one of the most fulfilling experiences of your year.

Obama Chicks in Bondage

by Edward Hudgins, Ph.D.

October 24, 2008 -- Winston Churchill famously observed that, "socialism is the equal sharing of misery." In the same spirit, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama believes that we should all be equally subject to servitude.

Anger and Understanding in the 2008 Election
by Edward Hudgins, Ph.D.

Important truths about human nature and morality have been on display in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Obama and McCain: The Selfless-Driven Interviews

By Dr. Edward Hudgins

August 19, 2008 -- The first 2008 presidential election event involving the presumptive nominees, Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, took place on August 16 at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

Report from the U.S. House of Representatives on Energy & Morality

By Dr. Edward Hudgins

August 8, 2008 -- I spent an extraordinary day in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, sitting in seats normally reserved for members of Congress but with members sitting right in front of me. No, I was not elected to that august body.

Kelley, Thomas to hold evening discussion on Ayn Rand and Objectivism

The Atlas Society, the center for Objectivism, along with the Cato Institute, Institute for Human Studies, and Students for Liberty, will sponsor "An Evening Discussion about Ayn Rand and Objectivism."

Report from the Front: Remembering the American Vision?

By Edward Hudgins

July 4, the anniversary of the birth of the United States, is a good time to remember the vision of this country.

New Atlas Society 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.

On Thursday, May 1st Dr. Edward Hudgins, executive director of The Atlas Society, will speak at the Junto meeting in New York City on the topic "Measuring Economic Freedom: How to Do It and What It Tells Us."

Report from the Front: America's April 15th Civil War

(Presented at a press conference at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008)

H.L. Mencken once wrote that, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."

On Tuesday, March 18, Atlas Society founder and senior fellow David Kelley will debate Mustafa Akyol, editor of Turkish Daily News, on the question "Is Islam compatible with capitalism?"

Ayatollah Spitzer's History: He Does to Whores What He Did to Us

It is ironic that New York Democrat 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 and flaunting of the rule of law when he was New York attorney general, done arrogantly in the name of "morality."

Report from the Front: Why Africa Needs Economic Freedom

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As he departed for a tour of Africa, President George W. Bush said the United States rejects "the paternalist notion that treats African countries as charity cases." I wish he would reject the paternalist notions of his own administration that treats American citizens as charity cases. No matter, let's consider that impoverished continent for a moment.

New Poetry Book from Atlas Trustee Walter Donway

In a new book of poetry, Atlas Society trustee Walter Donway seeks to revive the "enduring traditions and popular values" of that genre such as meter, rhyme, storytelling, and drama.

Kelley Quoted in Christian Sci Monitor on Rand & Romance

David Kelley, founder and senior fellow at The Atlas Society, was quoted in the October 12, 2007 Christian Science Monitor in an article enitled "Ayn Rand devotees hug over 'Atlas Shrugged'"

[On October 11, 2007 the Washington Times published a commentary entitled "Atlas Shrugged at 50" by Edward Hudgins, executive director of The Atlas Society.]

Wall Street Journal Runs Kelley 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!)