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...this is a bit of a caricature. Most libertarians, or those who lean that direction, are not counterculture anarchists, advocating public immorality and a reckless disregard for the fate of others. Sure, most of them have read Ayn Rand??s novels—perhaps even briefly fell in love with Objectivism—but, like everyone else, they realized that they were being callous pricks and soon thereafter forgot about Howard Roark. Nevertheless, what is common from Milton Friedman to John Mackey is a fervent, but tempered belief in individual choice. Importantly, liberty does not have to come...
...Ushpizin” is the first film made with collaboration between the ultra-Orthodox community and secular filmmakers and is aimed squarely at general audiences as an comedy anyone can enjoy. Set in modern-day Jerusalem, it follows the lives of poor, kindly Moshe Bellanga (Shuli Rand??also the movie’s screenwriter) and his wife Malli (Rand??s real-life wife, Michal Bat Sheva Rand), as they pray for God’s help to find money and a Succah (a temporary, wooden dwelling) to celebrate the Succoth holiday. Miraculously?...
...again-off-again lover, journalist Dominique Francon, are so violent that Roark could probably be charged with rape today. And, post-9/11, readers may be less tolerant towards Roark, who has a disturbing propensity to blow up architecturally-unsound buildings in New York City. Nonetheless, Rand??s pulpy prose still proves riveting. And her philosophy—which extols the virtue of selfishness—remains strangely compelling. But be forewarned: if you read this book, you might never give a dime to charity again...
Among surveyed institutions, the percentage of alumni who contribute has decreased each year since 2001. RAND??s survey does not explain the downward trend, but Kaplan outlined several possible explanations in a press release outlining the results of the study...
...RAND??s Voluntary Support of Education survey annually tracks contributions to higher education and private K-12 schools. More than half of the four-year institutions in the U.S. participated, according to the press release...