Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” has polarized opinion for more than 50 years. Its fans — including, until recently, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan — applaud the book’s ...

Ayn Rand is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. The ideas behind them — her philosophy — have sunk so deeply into our political thought, most people don't even ...

Like a lot of white males, I read Ayn Rand's bestselling novel "Atlas Shrugged" when I was 18. And like a lot of white males, "Atlas Shrugged" turned me into a huge jerk for a couple of months ...

It seemed exciting and magical, but then I read this: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I read every last word of this garbage, and because of this piece of s**t, I am never reading again. Posted on ...

What would Ayn Rand have thought about "Atlas Shrugged: Part I," the new movie version of her book? Biographer Anne C. Heller, author of "Ayn Rand and the World She Made," offers her take.

THE BUSINESS: A new movie from Ayn Rand’s best-seller may be first to market through movement’s followers. By Paul Bond Taylor Schilling (center) brings lead Dagny Taggart to life in "Atlas ...

In 1992 he bought from Rand’s estate the movie rights to Atlas Shrugged , her 1957 novel about the heroes who prop up society and the parasites who leech off their efforts. His dream was to make ...

The screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's blockbuster 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged," which opens Friday in a smattering of theaters, is far from a full-bore Hollywood extravaganza. You might think Rand ...

Atlas Shrugged Book Club, Entry 8: Is Ayn Rand a Better Philosopher or Novelist? In the final installment of our discussion, Conor Friedersdorf and Garance Franke-Ruta debate the merits of the ...

The inert, stiffly acted and heavy handed "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1," an attempt to get Ayn Rand's beliefs out to the multiplex masses, isn't very compelling and isn't nearly as ...