Tag: literature
Women’s History Month: Meet 12 women who’ve contributed to a freer future
March 8, 2023 | Post
This Women’s History Month, let’s take a look back at 12 remarkable women who’ve paved the way for individual liberty and a freer future.
Who was Ayn Rand?
February 27, 2023 | Post
Ayn Rand, a celebrated author and philosopher, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Known for her bestselling novels, such as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Rand’s ideas have had a profound impact on the fields of politics, economics, and philosophy.
7 Ayn Rand quotes for living a fulfilling life
February 14, 2023 | Post
Central to Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism is the idea that each of us should hold our own personal happiness as our highest moral purpose. Here are a selection of Ayn Rand quotes for living a fulfilling life…
Happy Birthday Ayn Rand
February 2, 2023 | Post
Ayn Rand, one of the most influential pro-liberty minds of the 20th century, was born 118 years ago today. Considered to be a novelist and philosopher in equal measure, she promoted Objectivism, her philosophical system, through many works of both fiction and nonfiction.
13 books every well-rounded libertarian should read
December 30, 2022 | Post
There are books that every libertarian should read and books every libertarian has read, but those circles don’t perfectly overlap. Here are 13 diverse book recommendations for well-rounded thinkers…
3 women who inspired the modern libertarian movement
March 12, 2017 | Post
Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn Rand together comprise the “founding mothers” of modern libertarianism.
When Nazis were Nazis: Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night
February 10, 2017 | Post
Swastika Night is one of the first works of fiction to address the question, “What if the Nazis won the war?”
Lunar prisoners fight for freedom in Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
February 1, 2017 | Post
My message to you today is simple: don’t miss this book. There is a lot to be learned about liberty here.
Edgar Allan Poe’s hilarious, horrifying vision of the future
January 19, 2017 | Post
January 19, 2017 is the 208th birthday of literary great Edgar Allan Poe.
13 books every well-rounded libertarian should read
December 27, 2016 | Post
There are books that every libertarian should read and books every libertarian has read, but those circles don’t perfectly overlap. Here are 13 diverse book recommendations for well-rounded thinkers.
When fans become creators
December 9, 2016 | Post
When fans of Star Trek or Harry Potter write their own stories or make their own films or music set in those universes, are they hurting the original art or its creators? Or are they in fact making new art and adding something positive to the world?
What is the point of reading?
November 14, 2016 | Post
Why should students read big, difficult books if they have perfectly good summaries available to them?
The Society That Will Help You Bolster Your Libertarian Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading List
August 2, 2016 | Post
Do you dream of a free future?Are you looking for challenging speculative fiction that wrestles with big ideas?Are you interested in how such fiction “can promote an appreciation of the value of liberty as the prerequisite for cooperation, peace, prosperity and a just society”?If you answered yes to these questions, you should check out the […]
Read This Novel Before You Read the News
July 25, 2016 | Post
What’s the worst that could happen in the upcoming presidential election? A classic novel takes us to that world gone wrong so that we can see the chilling results unfold step by step.
Don Quixote is First Anti Race-Based Slavery Novel
June 11, 2016 | Post
For almost as long as slavery has existed, there have been books opposing it. Perhaps the first was The Golden Ass, written in the Second Century A.D., whose plot follows a man turned into an ass, who can only turn back into a human when he empathizes with the plight of slaves. Then there is the great […]
The surprising, radical message of Don Quixote
June 4, 2016 | Post
Given the relatively few examples of true liberty from real life, some of the best expressions of liberty have often come from novels. Such books inspire us to strive toward a future where the individual, not the government and its agents, determine human action. The plot of Don Quixote, a Spanish novel written in 1605, […]