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November 2–4, the Ayn Rand Institute and STRIVE will host Ayn Rand Student Conference 2018 in Atlanta, GA.

Well-read intellectuals, Greek philosophy, and atheism are what made America great. So says Matthew Stewart.

This riveting fictionalization of a 19th-century French espionage case illustrates the relation between rationality, integrity, and justice.

"This is a model that doctors are increasingly adopting, and they’re crediting it for keeping them in medicine." —Dr. Josh Umbehr

Goldacre outs many of the most heinous sources of misleading health-related claims and provides tools to understand and evaluate them.

In this episode of “Facts, Values, and Flourishing,” we’ll elaborate on the facts, integrations, and principles that make morality—that is, life-based, rational morality—an actual science.

Thousands of students who had been written off as “unteachable” were able to lead meaningful, productive lives because one woman refused to give up on them.

Nearly seventy people have contributed a total of $22,000 toward our goal of $80,000 by the end of August. But we have a long way to go.

“You created an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity and rational inquiry in a relaxed, socially-engaged, fun environment. My only disappointment was that it ended.” —Ed

Despite the fact that more knowledge exists today than at any other point in history, “Human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge they need to flourish.” Alex Epstein is working to fix this problem.

TOS and ARI share the same general mission, to advance Objectivism, and we realize that we can achieve this goal more effectively together.

“Facts, Values, and Flourishing” will resume with episode 5, “Morality as the Science of Human Flourishing,” next Thursday, August 30, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

“The work you do is more important than ever, given the sad state of our culture. I am happy to help in any way I can.” —Genie

Though their originators are mostly dead and gone, the ideas that sunk American education are still operative today. Those who offered rational alternatives have had little influence—but we can change that.

There is no story quite like that of Sequoyah, who almost single-handedly invented a written form for the language of the largest tribe in America.