Dr. Andrew Bernstein lectures around the country—and internationally—on Ayn Rand’s best selling novels Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We The Living and Anthem, and on her revolutionary philosophy for living on earth: Objectivism.
The Capitalist Manifesto
The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire
The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire defends capitalism as the world’s most moral and practical social system. This book is written for the rational mind, whether the reader is a professional intellectual or an intelligent layman. It makes the case for individual rights and freedom in terms intelligible to all rational men.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Influential Novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Spoiler alerts here. About five or six weeks ago, continuing in my favorite field, literature, I finished reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Here are some reactions: First, it is a deeply religious novel. She was the daughter of a...
The Demise of Harvard
On behalf of the Ayn Rand Institute, I lectured at Harvard University eight or nine times (I can’t remember the exact number) in the 1990s and early 2000s. The topics varied from “Rational Egoism in The Fountainhead” to “The Mind as Hero in Atlas Shrugged” to lectures...
Dominique Francon: Ayn Rand’s Profoundly Misunderstood Heroine
I fell in love with Dominique Francon when I was sixteen years old. Her idealism--her impassioned love for man at his highest and best--even more than her beauty and trenchant intelligence captured my spirit. To this day, she is my favorite literary heroine. For all...