the fountainhead

Welcome to Ayn Rand’s America

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Aug 13, 2019 "The Fountainhead" author drew inspiration from a child murderer. Now her sociopathic worldview has become the guiding ethos of the GOP. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Who Is Ayn Rand?

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Aug 9, 2019 A new book argues weakly for the influence of Ayn Rand on our culture—after all, the dominant classes in America were greedy and selfish from the get-go. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Silicon Valley Couldn’t Care Less About Earth’s Imminent Demise

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 10, 2019 It may be too late to save the planet, warns Bill McKibben, but there's a reason that doesn't seem to keep up our tech barons up at night. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

Trump’s Brand Is Ayn Rand (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 7, 2018 The president and many members of his circle have been influenced by an author who didn’t believe there was a common good. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )