Resources and Links

Ayn Rand Institute - This institute, founded by Ayn Rand's legal heir, promotes Rand's legacy. Conferences, resources, and scholarships are just some of the activities that the institute uses to promote Rand.

The Atlasphere - A site for admirers of Ayn Rand that features a weekly column, a networking center, and a dating service.

Enlightenment - A new organization dedicated to making Objectivism possible through encouraging original scholarship and networking among Objectivists. Contains a useful database of scholarship on Objectivism.

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies - The first-of-its-kind scholarly publication examining the life and work of Ayn Rand. Edited by Chris Matthew Sciabarra, it will feature new and original applications of Objectivist philosophy and scholarship.

Reason Magazine - More influenced by Ayn Rand's ideas than any other mass-market magazine, Reason consistently analyzes political and cultural issues from a rational perspective, and has won a number of prestigious journalism awards.

The Cato Institute - Along with Reason Foundation, the Cato Institute is a leading political think-tank for libertarian ideas. They have had a notable influence in Washington in recent years and sponsor a wide variety of useful research.

 

"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

-- Ayn Rand