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Obama Takes Refuge as a Scoundrel

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" said Samuel Johnson. Well, not always. But President Obama has placed himself squarely in

Oct 2, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
2 Min.
U.S. Economic Freedom: Retreat Becomes Rout

Measurement often is the crucial step in understanding—and gaining control—of a complex phenomenon....

Sep 21, 2012
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Walter Donway
6 Min.
Deep Savages

March 18, 2005 -- Last week Mukhtar Mai , a Pakistani woman, expressed concern that the four men who gang raped her nearly three years ago

Sep 12, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
4 Min.
Ayn Rand richtig verstehen

"Ayn Rand hat die individuelle Freiheit verteidigt", lautet der neueste Artikel, in dem Mainstream-Journalisten für ihre...

Aug 28, 2012
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3 Min.
Neil Armstrong: Amerikanischer Held

Als sich die Apollo-11-Mondlandefähre "Eagle" am 20. Juli 1969 der Oberfläche des Mondes näherte, verfolgten Millionen von Menschen die Mission auf

27. August 2012
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Edward Hudgins
4 Min.
Atlas Society in den Nachrichten | Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand

Am 30. April veröffentlichte The Atlas Society einen Mitschnitt einer Rede des Abgeordneten Paul Ryan bei einer TAS-Veranstaltung im Jahr 2005. In der Audioaufnahme gibt er an, dass

Aug 13, 2012
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5 Min.
Curiosity on Mars!

Today NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars. Its advanced instruments should bring humanity closer to knowing whether life exists on the Re

Aug 6, 2012
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Edward Hudgins
2 Min.
Smokin' Soul: Die Geschichte von Daptone Records

Vergessen Sie die glänzenden Wolkenkratzer aus rostfreiem Stahl. Vergessen Sie die neuesten Aufnahmegeräte, überbezahlte Führungskräfte und Auto-Tuning. ..

7. März 2012
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Sarah Perry
10 Min.
Benjamin Franklin's 10 Basic Hypotheses

Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..

Feb 22, 2012
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3 Min.
Benjamin Franklin Explains the Leyden Jar

The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...

Feb 22, 2012
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3 Min.
Benjamin Franklin: Archetyp des Aufklärers

This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Min.
Benjamin Franklin: Archetyp des Aufklärers

Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Min.
Benjamin Franklin: Archetyp des Aufklärers

January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T

Feb 21, 2012
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10 Min.
Review: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

In 1940, The Saturday Evening Post carried a short story by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), who had begun his career as a sports reporter but who

Feb 21, 2012
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Arnold Baise
Opportunity Lost?

Fall 2009 issue -- I am an advocate of Objectivism, but I never met Ayn Rand. I regret that, as by all accounts she was fascinating and.....

6. Februar 2012
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4 Min.
The Alan Greenspan Confession

Under pointed questioning by Henry Waxman, the committee chairman, Greenspan issued a mea-culpa that resounded around the world.

6. Februar 2012
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2 Min.
The Radical But Conservative Declaration of Independence

Winter 2011 issue -- The suggestion that a movement can be both radical and conservative may sound contradictory. To be radical is to...

6. Februar 2012
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6 Min.
Kanadas Stephen Harper: Radikal?

Im Januar 1962, in der allerersten Ausgabe des Objectivist Newsletter, schrieb Ayn Rand: "Objectivists are...

6. Februar 2012
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Bradley Doucet
7 Min.
Das produktive Genie von Johann Sebastian Bach

Was zeichnet ein Genie aus? Wenn es Misanthropie ist, dann war Johann Sebastian Bach (geboren am 21. März 1685) kein Genie. Sein größtes Werk schuf er in

30. Januar 2012
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3 Min.
Review: The Beacon at Alexandria

December 1997 -- The Beacon at Alexandria tells the story of Charis of Ephesus, a young woman living in the late Roman Empire who determine

Jan 26, 2012
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3 Min.

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