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...moment in her writing life." The book in question was Atlas Shrugged, her 1,000-page 1957 masterwork about the government's battle with captains of industry, led by John Galt, for control of the economy. The next year, Branden established an institute to promote Rand's philosophy of reason...
Alas, all of Rand's stern declarations about reason trumping emotion were of little value in 1968, when Branden revealed an affair with a young actress, whom he later married. Rand repudiated him, closed the institute and never spoke to her protégé of 19 years again...
Eight months into his presidency, Obama might want to give Moses a second look. On issues from health care to Afghanistan, the President faces doubts and rebellions, from an entrenched pharaonic establishment on one hand and restless, stiff-necked followers on the other. There's good reason, then, for Obama to heed the leadership lessons of history's greatest leader. Like presidential predecessors from Washington to Reagan, Obama can use the Moses story to help guide Americans in troubled times. From the Pilgrims to the Founding Fathers, the Civil War to the civil rights movement, Americans have turned to Moses...
...only fair to history that we admit that the reason behind our day off, Christopher Columbus’ arrival on our continent, will not be very much on our minds today. Some probably would say that it is good – we should not celebrate his arrival, they say, because the indigenous people of North America certainly did not appreciate the genocide he wrought. But, Harvard, we still appreciate the historical gesture. And though Duke and U Chicago, amongst many other illustrious academic institutions in this nation, are not granting their students rest, you are, dear Harvard...
...island of success in the Catholic ocean. But as in the charter-school community, there is an awareness that there needs to be a system-wide overhaul, lest another thousand-plus schools close over the next decade. "Just because you're devoted to serving others isn't a reason why you can't be operationally excellent," says Eriksen. "That's not really a culture that has permeated the Catholic Church for the last few decades...