Progressives must reclaim the tradition of Thoreau, Gandhi and King and deny the right the moral high ground <\/p>\n
A Democratic candidate has already thrown his hat into the ring to oppose the House Speaker <\/p>\n
Despite promises to the rural working class, the Republican Party is still under the influence of Rand's elitism <\/p>\n
No, Donald Trump hasn't really read \"Atlas Shrugged.\" Sad! But he's surrounding himself with Ayn Rand superfans <\/p>\n
The value-neutral media \"ideal\" has left us with a society drained of kindness and mutual responsibility <\/p>\n
My father believed in two things, which deeply informed his parenting: making money and doing whatever he pleased <\/p>\n
The HBO show's creator may or may not be a Randian, but a version of her philosophy runs through his body of work <\/p>\n
Carl Barney has run a lucrative nonprofit education empire under the principles of the libertarian figurehead <\/p>\n
The Uber model just doesn't work for other industries. The price points always fail -- and that's a good thing <\/p>\n
Yesterday, the House Speaker apologized for calling America's impoverished \"takers.\" But he hasn't changed a bit <\/p>\n
Snyder working on an adaptation of Rand's novel makes perfect sensejust look at his body of work VIDEO <\/p>\n
John Boehner is laying the groundwork for a \"Draft Ryan\" campaign at the GOP convention. The whole thing is absurd <\/p>\n
Values voters, Tea Party conservatives, faux-populists grifting for book deals and Fox spots -- meet today's GOP <\/p>\n
Fans feel \"so betrayed\" seeing the \"Star Wars\" heartthrob in an \"Atlas Shrugged\" shirt <\/p>\n
The brilliant critic Evgeny Morozov discusses the myths Silicon Valley tells about itself, and why we believe them <\/p>\n
The most effective ways to expose their contradictions and faulty logic <\/p>\n
A stern, serious Krugman says anyone who doesn't believe the GOP's real gold standard fervor is deluding themselves <\/p>\n
Freedom now means winner-take-all capitalism, and it's slowly morphing our political system into a plutocracy <\/p>\n
We've been a fed a myth about heroic individuals -- and that allows the 1 percent to prosper at everyone's expense <\/p>\n
The Wisconsin congressman may be a radical, but he's also a product of the insider cronyism the Tea Party abhors <\/p>\n
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