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OBJECTIVIST LINKS ON THE WWW

Last Updated: February 2, 2005



THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE

The Ayn Rand Institute

Calendar of events of interest to ARI supporters

ARI MediaLink - Op-Ed Articles and press releases

Ayn Rand Gallery - Treasures from the Ayn Rand Archive

IGive.com - On line shopping with a percentage going to the Ayn Rand Institute


ABOUT AYN RAND

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life - information on purchasing the video versions of the film, posters, books, sound track CDs, etc.

Photo #1, #2 - Two rarely seen uncropped photographs of Ayn Rand

We The Living Movie - Pictures from, and the history of, and the discovery and restoration of the Italian film of "We the Living."

David Hayes' guide to the screen credits of Ayn Rand's husband, Frank O'Connor.

One of Ayn Rand's Christmas cards.

"Philosophy: Who Needs It" - Ayn Rand's address to the graduating class of West Point March 6, 1974


AYN RAND POSTAGE STAMP

The official USPS press release containing a lovely tribute to Ayn Rand and information about ordering the stamp and related items.

A picture of the stamp

Another picture of the stamp.

The USPS descriptions of the stamp

Ordering stamps and stamp products (First Day Covers, etc.) online

Ayn Rand Institute press release

Prodos's radio interview with a representative of the US Postal Service

Linn's _Stamp News_ article on the Ayn Rand stamp abridged from the December 14, 1998 issue.

Washington _Post_ story

First day covers Set #1 and Set #2 signed by and/or featuring the art work of the stamp's artist, Nick Gaetano

Victor Manta's accurate and lovely tribute to Ayn Rand


CONFERENCES

Objectivist Conferences (tm)


BOOKS

Ayn Rand Book Store

Ayn Rand's books available via Amazon.com. ARI benefits when you purchase through this connection.

The Paper Tiger selling rare books with specialties in Ayn Rand, Victor Hugo, Nevil Shute and other romantic authors, special editions of Frank Spearman, etc.

The Atlantean Press Online Store featuring special editions of Victor Hugo's novels, _The Mysterious Valley_, The _Atlantean Press Review_ and other items

Sound recordings of Ayn Rand's works for the blind and dyslexic.

novels, _The Mysterious Valley_, The _Atlantean Press Review_ and other items

Objectivist books and articles in Swedish

Allan Gotthelf's _On Ayn Rand_.

Bob Stubblefield's "errata" web page of typos in editions of Ayn Rand's works.

Random House Modern Library poll of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century.


MAGAZINES

The Intellectual Activist: An Objectivist Review

The Intellectual Activist: Short Notes. Online commentary onbreaking news stories.


RADIO SHOWS

Prodos Worldwide. RealAudio interviews.

Dr. Ellen Kenner's The Rational Basis of Happiness. Call-in radio talk show covering issues in psychology. RealAudio.

Dr. Michael Hurd's Solutions -- Not Excuses. Radio talk show on psychology.


ONLINE AUDIO AND VIDEO

Leonard Peikoff on the McCuistion Show - WWW. Two one-hour shows on the WWW with sound and video. Buy a videocassette of the two shows for $35.

Dr. Peikoff's final broadcasts: "Recollections of Ayn Rand" and "The Leonard Peikoff Show: A Retrospective." Free archive.

Peter Schwartz on the NPR radio show, "Talk of the Nation" -- December 30, 1998 one-hour debate with Arianna Huffington.

Peter Schwartz on The Environment Show (May 10, 1999) (approximately 33 minutes into the show).

Michael Berliner on "Stein Online" discussing Ayn Rand's Russian Writings on Hollywood. (May 20, 1999) CompuServe Interactive Radio.


NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE MENTIONS

"Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" - a perceptive review.

"PHILOSOPHY: Rand's renewed respect" - Florida Times-Union May 30, 1999.

"POLITICS: Be happy, give up" - Contains many long quotes from Ayn Rand's speech "The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus" applied to current issues. Florida Times-Union June 12, 1999.

Orange County Register article. Ayn Rand quoted on rationality and moral judgement and Edwin Locke on the role of "intuition" and evasion.

Coverage of the ARI essay contests.

Miami Herald story on volunteerism mentioning ARI and quoting Scott McConnell.

Hillsdale College Imprimis article citing Ayn Rand as a moral authority.

Article about the Penn State campus club.

Ayn Rand's Philosophy in the new millennium by CyberNetter Hemangini Naidu. India Central Chronicle 10/19/1999

Ayn Rand influenced article -- especially the titles!


REFERENCE MATERIALS

Richard Lawrence's Objectivism Reference Center - a collection of reference materials and links to reference materials related to Ayn Rand and Objectivism

The American Founding Fathers - A wealth of primary sources


VISUAL ARTS

ART: American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century

The Cordair Gallery

E-card greetings featuring art from the Cordair Gallery

Dianne Durante's Forgotten Delights

Sculpture by Stuart Mark Feldman

Paintings by Suzanne LeFranc Sheppard

Paintings by Linda Mann

Drawings and paintings by Robert Tracy

Paintings by Theo Van Oostrom

Giust Gallery and the Cambridge University Museum of Classic Archaeology - Fine reproductions of classical sculpture for sale

Frederick Hart, sculptor

John Lautner - Betsy Speicher's tribute to the great architect.


MUSIC

Jeff Flaster's Melodic Music with sound samples from "Still Time: Symphony for Chorus in G" now available for sale.

Glenn Martin's compositions for Jazz, Trombone, and Tuba Ensembles, including "Above the Sun."

"Tiddlywink" music - and other music with an Ayn Rand connection from Michael Duus.

Popular music from the 1920's and 1930's - "Incredibly benevolent" RealAudio selections courtesy of Michael Duus.

The Anthem String Quartet providing live music for events in the Washington, D.C. area.

Jeffrey Lindon's original compositions. Vocal works based on poems by Tennyson and his Sonata for Violin and Piano.


MOVIES

David Hayes' guide to movies of interest to Objectivists.

Video Values - Lee Sandstead's reviews of films

Ron Pisaturo's screenplay "The Merchant of Mars."


EDUCATION

Home Taught - Gail Withrow's homeschooling web resource.

Motivating Homeschooled Students - an article by Gail Withrow.


SCIENCE

Reason Digest -- a Rational Foundation for the Sciences.

Dr. Lewis Little's Theory of Elementary Waves. A causal explanation of quantum phenomena.

The Theory of Elementary Waves - Stephen Speicher's outline for a non-technical audience.


DISCUSSIONS

HBL - Harry Binswanger's E-mail List

Objectivist Issues in Medicine (OIM) e-mail list focusing on the epistemology, ethics, and politics of medicine.

The Rattigan Society - a social and discussion group for gay and lesbian Objectivists.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel #GeekSpeak devoted to live discussions of Objectivism.

Discovering Ayn Rand Project: Tell how you first discovered Ayn Rand and what difference it made in your life.

Psychologist Dr. Michael J. Hurd's "Ask the Therapist" web site.


POLITICS

Americans for Free Choice in Medicine

The Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism

The Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft

The Committee for the Moral Defense of Microsoft Legislative Action Center

Edwin Locke challenges animal rights. (ABC News)


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Association of Objectivist Businessmen ("Putting Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism to Work") has information about AOB and an on-line membership application

The Association for Objective Law (TAFOL)


MERCHANDISE AND COLLECTIBLES [Also see BOOKS AND MAGAZINES]

Phil Oliver's Objectivist links and products.

The Objectivist Trade Center

EBay auctions - enter "Ayn Rand" in the search box.


OTHER LINKS

Lyceum References - Jerry Nilson's extensive list of Objectivism-related resources, especially in Europe.

"Politically Incorrect" Show with Leonard Peikoff. (April 17, 1996). Transcript.

Atlas Shrugged computer game project.

The Occasional. A conservative daily review of politics, books, arts, with an Objectivist editor and contributors.



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