Outgrowing Ayn Rand

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 12, 2012 For the failure of such a wide swath of the American population to outgrow individual self-interest, the United States may as well be a nation full of teenagers, says Victoria Bekiempis, a “recovering Objectivist” writing in The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Away With Objectivity

Ruben Luengas / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 It is assumed, as a divine command, that the journalist should be “impartial, objective, balanced and fair” as a prerequisite for being a true “professional.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Journalistic Objectivity Sours Wall Street Reporting

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2011 In an attempt "not to judge either side" involved in the anti-corporate demonstrations that have gone on near Wall Street since Sept. 17, New York Times reporter Brian Stelter used the word "battle" in a tweet to describe Saturday's altercation between police and protesters, in which officers pepper-sprayed apparently peaceful demonstrators. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Intellectual Prostitution and the Myth of Objectivity

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Apr 4, 2011 The news-clown jabbers on screen, says this or that is so and, lo, it is so More likely it’s “All the News That’s Shit to Print”. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ayn Rand Revisited

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2009 Two new biographies about the irascible and idiosyncratic Ayn Rand, objectivist philosopher and ham-fisted mistress of the capitalist morality tale, show how her rocky Russian childhood and her subsequent self-reinvention campaign in America (partly conducted in Hollywood, of course) influenced her work, and how her ideas led to her own undoing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Bloody Can Bush’s Legacy Be?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2008 The legacy of George Bush's two "wars of liberation" may already be judged as foreign policy blunders, but the real costs of war remain even after the truism of failed empire In Afghanistan, acid attacks on at least 15 female students mark a worrisome trend in women's rights there And in Iraq, an Iraqi soldier opened fire on a patrol of US troops, killing two. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )